BLS Confirms October CPI Cancellation Amid Data Collection Lapse; Key . . . The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has announced significant disruptions to its economic data release schedule, most notably the cancellation of the October 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) report This decision stems from the agency's inability to collect essential survey data for the October reference period due to a recent lapse in appropriations, with the BLS stating these data
US cancels October CPI report release citing government shutdown The US Bureau of Labor Statistics cancelled October CPI and employment reports due to the government shutdown, delaying key data releases and impacting labor market analysis The BLS also cancelled the issue of October's employment report citing the same reason
US data agency cancels October inflation report as Fed considers . . . The Bureau of Labor Statistics canceled the release of the closely watched consumer price index (CPI) for October, citing the government shutdown - the longest in history, before it ended earlier this month - and stating it could not “retroactively collect” the data required for the report