November 12, 2025

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the October jobs report and inflation data will likely not be released even after the government reopens.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics was largely idle for the duration of the 40-plus day shutdown, save for temporarily recalling some staff to ensure that the September consumer price index was released in time to set the Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment for next year.

As such, the agency was not able to collect price data and employment information that go into its most closely watched releases. Economic experts are wary of attempting to do so retroactively for fear of getting flawed data due to so-called recall bias, or the known difficulty in getting people to accurately remember past events.

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