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cultivate talent. Here's your morning brief for Friday, October 3rd. I'm Kate Bollivan for the Wall Street Journal.

It's the third day of the government shutdown and Republicans are becoming increasingly concerned

that their party will be blamed for allowing healthcare subsidies to expire,

increasing costs for millions of Americans.

Inside the White House, AIDS are discussing proposals to extend the enhanced subsidies for Affordable

Care Act health insurance plans. We understand that Trump hasn't yet decided whether he'll endorse

such a proposal. Republicans say they'll only hold

negotiations with Democrats on the matter after the government is reopened. It comes as voters have

expressed deepening frustration with Trump's handling of the economy in recent polls.

And those concerns about the economy are likely to be compounded today, as the government shutdown means we won't be getting the usual monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Instead, investors will be looking at an array of private data releases in order to gauge employment. Other government data that could be affected by the shutdown include

inflation data and retail sales. And in Germany, Munich Airport has reopened this morning,

after several drone sightings grounded flights overnight, affecting nearly 3,000 passengers.

It's the latest in a string of interruptions in European airspace that have

spurred NATO members to retune defences. Asian stocks end the day mostly higher, European

indexes are gaining in midday trading, and US stock futures are also rising ahead of the open.

And we have a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

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