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Here's your morning brief for Thursday, November 13th.

I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. government is officially reopened after being closed for a record

long 43 days. The Republican-led House passed a spending package late yesterday that extends funding

for the federal government through January, after which President Trump signed it into law.

The bill includes full-year funding for the Agriculture Department, military construction, and legislative branch.

It also ensured paychecks for federal employees and included language guaranteeing the reversal of federal layoffs that were initiated by the Trump administration to try and pressure Democrats during the shutdown, as well as a moratorium on future cuts.

Stock markets in Asia and Europe gained on the

news with U.S. stock futures fairly flat. U.S. investors may be hedging their bets because the

government reopening doesn't mean an immediate return of government data releases like today's

CPI print. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the two major government reports

on inflation and the labor market for October are likely never to be released, blaming the government

shutdown. The Bureau of Labor Statistics hasn't yet said when it is likely to start catching up

on the backlog of important economic reports or which ones might be compromised

by the shutdown. A BLS spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. And a new

malaria drug could be on track for speedy approval after showing it cured over 99% of cases in

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