New federal government data on job growth is expected to be released later this week, days after Congress voted to end the government shutdown.
The new report will be an exercise in catching up, as the Department of Labor releases the September job figures, while still compiling what happened last month.
“There is a pent-up demand for the new numbers after the longest shutdown on record,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, has said that the October jobs report will not include a computed unemployment rate due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey being suspended during the shutdown.
Besides the September and October job numbers, economists are hoping for the imminent release of the Consumer Price Index report for September, as well as that month’s Consumer Expenditures Report.
The lack of reports during the 43-day shutdown has proven problematic for a wide range of economists, policy analysts, investors, and others. “Some data points were not gathered when they typically should have been,” reports the site CNN Business, “increasing the potential for big holes in what’s expected to be already messy data.”
A notice published on the website of the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the September jobs report, previously scheduled to be released on October 3, will now be published on November 20.
Meanwhile, the real earnings report – a companion document to the monthly Consumer Price Index, which was supposed to have come out on October 15 – will be released on November 20.
“We appreciate your patience while we work to get this information out as soon as possible,” the BLS announced late last week, adding that “it may take time to fully assess the situation and finalize revised release dates.”
November 17, 2025
By Garry Boulard
