The January jobs report was delayed due to the government shutdown

The partial government shutdown that started on Saturday morning is delaying the publication of the publication January jobs report which was supposed to be released this week.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Monday that the January jobs report, originally scheduled for release Friday, will be delayed until after the shutdown ends with government funding restored.

« The release will be rescheduled when state funding resumes, » Emily Liddel, BLS deputy commissioner, said in a statement. « Once funding is restored, BLS will resume normal operations and will notify the public of any changes to the press release schedule on the BLS publication calendar. »

Federal agencies lay off unnecessary workers during a government shutdownwhich, in the case of the BLS, affects employees whose job it is to collect data and prepare financial reports, such as the monthly jobs report.

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Recent economic data was marred by the previous government shutdown, which lasted 43 days from the start of the government’s fiscal year on October 1 to mid-November, when Congress reached a bipartisan agreement to end the longest government shutdown in US history.

The previous shutdown affected several closely watched economic releases, with the September jobs report delayed from the first week of October to November 20.

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The BLS was only able to produce a partial jobs report for October, which was released along with the November report on December 16.

Inflation reportssuch as the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (PCE) index were also delayed due to the shutdown, as the BLS withdrew the October CPI inflation report due to its inability to collect data retrospectively.

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The BLS had reached its usual frequency of reporting economic data until the latest partial shutdown began, although lawmakers hope that funding for shuttered government agencies will soon materialize.

The House of Representatives will begin debating the Senate’s compromise proposal on government funding later Monday afternoon. The Rules Committee, the gatekeeper for the most controversial legislation headed to the House floor, will meet to consider the legislation at 4 p.m. ET.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said “Fox News on Sunday » that he was optimistic the shutdown could end on Tuesday, which is likely to be the earliest the House can take up the bill.

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Once the House passes the funding bill, it would go to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature. Once the legislation is passed, federal agencies will officially reopen, and the BLS said it will provide a revised release date for the January jobs report when normal operations resume.

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.