We won't get an October jobs report because of the government shutdown
Business Insider·2025-11-19 18:07
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday that it will not release an October jobs report, citing a lack of data collection during the government shutdown. BLS said it could not collect household data from the Current Population Survey, "which is not able to be retroactively collected." That information is central to the monthly jobs report and is used to calculate the unemployment rate.The collection period for November 2025 data will also be extended, BLS announced, and extra processing time wil ...