On October 1, the U.S. federal government halted numerous operations after lawmakers from both major political parties failed to pass a funding bill before the fiscal year ended on September 30. This lapse in appropriations has disrupted the release of vital economic statistics at a time when financial markets and central planners are closely monitoring labor conditions, inflation trends, consumer expenditure patterns, and corporate capital allocation.\n\nThe Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau—agencies responsible for producing core economic metrics—have announced they will stop gathering and disseminating data during the shutdown. These activities will only resume once Congress approves new funding.\n\nWhile private-sector data providers will continue publishing many reports, some of these rely partially on prior government-collected information and may also be paused if the impasse continues.\n\nBelow is a schedule of upcoming economic releases, indicating which ones are likely to be postponed and which may still be published, depending on the duration of the closure.\n\n* TBD = To be determined\n\nReporting by the U.S. economic data team\n— news from Reuters\n\n— News Original —\nUS government shutdown: How it affects key economic data publishing\n\nOct 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on October 1 after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement to extend funding past the end of the federal fiscal year on September 30. \n\nThe closure has shut off the flow of key economic data at a moment of uncertainty among policymakers and investors about the health of the U.S. job market, the trajectory of inflation and the strength of consumer spending and business investment. \n\nSign up here. \n\nThe 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. \n\nMuch of the data from private-sector sources, however, will continue to be issued, although some of those series rely in part on earlier government reports and will also cease publication during the shutdown. \n\nFollowing is calendar of economic reports that had been scheduled to be issued in the coming days, noting which releases will be suspended should the shutdown still be in effect and which will continue to be issued. \n\n* TBD = To be determined \n\nU.S. economic data team
