Delayed U.S. Jobs Data to Fill In Labor Market Blanks

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Dec. 16. Investors will get a closer look at the U.S. employment picture with the release of two months’ worth of data that was delayed by the government shutdown. Plus, Australia’s prime minister says the shooters who attacked a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach appear to have been inspired by Islamic State. And WSJ advertising editor Suzanne Vrenica says concern about tariffs and consumer spending led to an earlier start to the holiday ads season, otherwise known as “Christmas creep.” Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.2	accused in Sunday's Bondi Beach shooting were motivated by Islamic State.
0:40.1	Plus, President Trump takes his legal campaign against media outlets across the pond
0:45.0	and get ready for a jobs report with a twist.
0:48.8	There's been a bit of a black hole in terms of updated official government numbers. So we're going to get
0:56.0	some answers that we'll hopefully fill in the blanks. It's Tuesday, December 16th. I'm Luke Vargas
1:01.8	for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and
1:07.1	business stories moving your world today.
1:20.3	It would appear that there is evidence that this was inspired by a terrorist organization by ISIS.
1:25.8	Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shared new information from police investigating the shooters who attacked a Hanukkah event in Sydney over the weekend,
1:29.9	where 15 people were killed and dozens injured.
1:33.0	Police said they found two homemade Islamic State flags, as well as improvised explosive devices,
1:39.2	in a car registered to a 24-year-old man, accused alongside his 50-year-old father of carrying out Australia's
1:46.0	worst mass shooting in 30 years. Journal's senior reporter John Emont says authorities are also
1:51.7	examining a trip by the accused gunman to the Philippines last month. So there's a lot of interest
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