FACTBOX-How the US government shutdown affects economic data publishing

ReutersSep 30, 2025 7:38 PM

Sept 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday appeared to be headed for a large-scale shutdown of federal operations starting on Wednesday - including a suspension of economic data publication - as Republicans and Democrats appeared unlikely to reach an agreement that would extend funding past a midnight deadline.

The key federal agencies responsible for indicators of U.S. economic activity, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau, have said they will suspend the collection and distribution of data in the event of a government shutdown. Those operations will resume once funding is restored.

Most data from private sources, however, will continue to be issued, although some private series based in part on earlier government reports will also cease publication during a shutdown.

Following is calendar of economic reports that had been scheduled to be issued in the coming days, noting which releases will be suspended during a shutdown and which will continue to be issued.

Release date	Release time (US ET)	Indicator	Indicator source	Will publish?
October 1-8 (TBD)	TBD	Auto and light truck sales	Wards Intelligence	Yes
October 1	0700	MBA mortgage market index	Mortgage Bankers Association	Yes
October 1	0815	ADP National Employment Report	ADP Inc and Stanford Digital Economy Lab	Yes
October 1	0945	S&P Global Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index	S&P Global	Yes
October 1	1000	ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index	Institute for Supply Management	Yes
October 1	1000	Construction Spending	Census Bureau	No
October 2	0730	Challenger Layoffs	Challenger, Gray and Christmas	Yes
October 2	0830	Jobless benefits claims	Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration	No
October 2	1000	Factory orders	Census Bureau	No
October 3	0830	Nonfarm payrolls	Bureau of Labor Statistics	No
October 3	0945	S&P Global Nonmanufacturing Purchasing Manager Index	S&P Global	Yes
October 3	1000	ISM Nonmanufacturing Purchasing Manager Index	Institute for Supply Management	Yes
October 6	1000	Employment Trends Index	Conference Board	No
October 7	0830	International trade	Bureau of Economic Analysis/Census Bureau	No
October 7	0855	Redbook Index	Redbook Research	Yes
October 7	1500	Consumer Credit	Federal Reserve	Yes
October 8	0700	MBA mortgage market index	Mortgage Bankers Association	Yes
October 8	1400	Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee meeting	Federal Reserve	Yes
October 9	0830	Jobless benefits claims	Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration	No
October 9	1000	Wholesale sales and revision to wholesale inventories	Census Bureau	No
October 10	1000	Consumer sentiment index	University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers	Yes
October 10-17 (TBD)	1400	Monthly budget statement	Treasury Department's Fiscal Service	TBD
October 14	0600	NFIB Business Optimism index	National Federation for Independent Business	Yes
October 14	0855	Redbook Index	Redbook Research	Yes
October 15	0700	MBA mortgage market index	Mortgage Bankers Association	Yes
October 15	0830	New York Fed Empire State manufacturing index	New York Fed	Yes
October 15	0830	Real earnings	Bureau of Labor Statistics	No
October 15	0830	Consumer Price Index	Bureau of Labor Statistics	No
October 15	1100	Cleveland Fed CPI	Cleveland Fed	No
October 16	0830	Jobless benefits claims	Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration	No
October 16	0830	Producer Price Index	Bureau of Labor Statistics	No
October 16	0830	Retail sales	Census Bureau	No
October 16	0830	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing index	Philadelphia Fed	Yes
October 16	1000	Business inventories	Census Bureau	No
October 16	1000	Home builder sentiment index	National Association of Home Builders	Yes
October 17	0830	Housing starts and building permits	Census Bureau	No
October 17	0830	Import and export prices	Bureau of Labor Statistics	No
October 17	0915	Industrial production	Federal Reserve	Yes
October 17	1500	Treasury International Capital System flows	Treasury Department	TBD

TBD = To be determined

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