Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned after last week’s rate cut that the job market is even weaker than it appeared.
It would be the third cut in a row and bring the Fed's key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years.
Job openings have come down steadily since peaking at a record 12.1 million in March 2022.
For now, the U.S. job market appears stuck in a “low-hire, low-fire” state that has kept the unemployment rate historically low.
The Labor Department also said Thursday that the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% from 4.3% in August.
Nevada Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford have both indicated that they will both vote no on the funding deal.
Wednesday's decision brings the Fed's key rate down to about 3.9%, from about 4.1%.
The report on the consumer price index was issued more than a week late because of the government shutdown, now in its fourth week.
Federal government shutdowns usually don’t leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier.
Seeking to bolster the job market, the Fed last week cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time since December.