ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: September 29 - October 3

Monthly employment reports have been suspenseful enough in recent months, but the real drama surrounding September's hotly anticipated figures is whether they will even be released on Friday. They won't be if the government shuts down on October 1 amid partisan bickering.

Assuming the data come out, we expect them to show that the economy remains more buoyant than the conventional wisdom acknowledges given how surprised the financial markets were by last week's upward revision to Q2's real GDP growth rate. It's now up from an initial 3.3% (saar) to 3.8%.