An apprentice demonstrates welding steel at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard Training Academy in Philadelphia on July 16. Hannah Beier/Bloomberg/Getty Images

One of the most hotly anticipated economic reports is finally set to be released Thursday: The long-delayed jobs report for September, originally due on October 3. It marks the reopening of the floodgates for a slew of backlogged economic data that was held up due to the historic government shutdown.

Sitting on the shelf for six weeks, the months-old data has the potential to come across as stale – especially for a fast-moving economy that is feeling increasingly perilous for many Americans and businesses .

Economic uncertainty and the rising cost of living have caused consumers to pull back (as The Home Depot and Target can at

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