October Jobs, CPI Unlikely to Be Released, White House Says (4)

The October jobs and consumer price index reports are unlikely to be released due to the government shutdown, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics and other key statistical agencies stopped producing and publishing economic data during the government shutdown, leaving policymakers without key data to assess the health of the US economy.

While economists say some statistics can be retroactively collected and disseminated, there’s a possibility that others will be skipped entirely. Economists have flagged the CPI and unemployment rate for October as those most likely at risk of not coming out due ...