FACTBOX-Schedule for US economic data delayed by government shutdown

ReutersDec 5, 2025 10:54 PM

Dec 5 (Reuters) - The statistical agencies responsible for publishing data about the U.S. economy have begun updating release schedules following the reporting lapse that occurred during the federal government shutdown.

Following are the latest release dates for data that was missed during the shutdown and any schedule changes for future data related to that.

Release date	Time (U.S. EST)	Report	Period covered	Agency
December 9	10:00	Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey*	October	Bureau of Labor Statistics
December 10	8:30	Employment Cost Index	Q3	Bureau of Labor Statistics
December 11	8:30	International trade	September	Census Bureau/Bureau of Economic Analysis
December 11	10:00	Wholesale inventories	September	Census Bureau
December 16	8:30	Retail Sales	October	Census Bureau
December 16	8:30	Employment Situation	November	Bureau of Labor Statistics
December 16	10:00	Business Inventories	September	Census Bureau
December 18	8:30	Consumer Price Index	November	Bureau of Labor Statistics
December 18	8:30	Real Earnings	November	Bureau of Labor Statistics
December 18	11:00	Median CPI	November	Cleveland Fed
December 19 (tentative)	10:00	Employment Trends	November	Conference Board
December 23	8:30	Gross Domestic Product, Corporate Profits	Q3, initial estimates	Bureau of Economic Analysis
December 23	8:30	Durable Goods orders	October	Census Bureau
December 23	9:15	Industrial Production	November	Federal Reserve
January 8, 2026	8:30	Productivity and Costs	Prelim Q3	Bureau of Labor Statistics
January 14	8:30	International Transactions	Q3	Bureau of Economic Analysis
February 10	8:30	Employment Cost Index	Q4	Bureau of Labor Statistics

- BLS will not publish a September JOLTS report. Data from the survey for September 2025 will be published with the October 2025 data.

- BLS will not release an Employment Situation report for October, but establishment survey data covering October will be released with the November data. Household survey data from the Current Population Survey were not collected for the October 2025 reference period due to a lapse in appropriations and will not be collected retroactively. For both surveys, the collection period for November 2025 data will be extended, and extra processing time will be needed.

*- BLS will not release a CPI report for October. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS is able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October. Where possible, BLS will publish October 2025 values for these series with the release of November 2025 data. The November news release and database update will not include 1-month percent changes for November 2025 where the October 2025 data are missing.

- BLS will not publish October 2025 Real Earnings data. BLS could not collect the relevant CPI data for the October reference period. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data.

The November Employment Trends report will include data for October. The Conference Board is not issuing a separate report for October.

The Cleveland Fed's Median CPI was not updated for October as it relies on data affected by the suspension of federal government services.

The Federal Reserve will not release a separate Industrial Production report for October. October data will be included in the November report.

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