There was no jobs report on Friday because of the US government shutdown but one estimate shows it would have been a poor number. The Carlyle Group released its estimate, which showed just 17K jobs created. That would have fallen short of the 54K consensus estimate.
That said, no one can forecast non-farm payrolls and there are those who have dedicated great resources and proprietary data to the task, particularly ADP
Carlyle Group says the US created just 17,000 jobs in September, highlights inflation