US government shutdown: How it affects key economic data publishing
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.
The 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.
The 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.
Much 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.
Following 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.
Release date | Release time (U.S. ET) | Indicator | Indicator source | Will publish? |
October 6 | 1000 | Employment Trends Index | Conference Board | No |
October 7 | 0830 | International trade | Bureau of Economic Analysis/Census Bureau | No |
October 7 | 0855 | Redbook Index | Redbook Research | Yes |
October 7 | 1500 | Consumer Credit | Federal Reserve | Yes |
October 8 | 0700 | MBA mortgage market index | Mortgage Bankers Association | Yes |
October 8 | 1400 | Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee meeting | Federal Reserve | Yes |
October 9 | 0830 | Jobless benefits claims | Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration | No |
October 9 | 1000 | Wholesale sales and revision to wholesale inventories | Census Bureau | No |
October 10 | 1000 | Consumer sentiment index | University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers | Yes |
October 10-17 (TBD) | 1400 | Monthly budget statement | Treasury Department's Fiscal Service | TBD |
October 14 | 0600 | NFIB Business Optimism index | National Federation for Independent Business | Yes |
October 14 | 0855 | Redbook Index | Redbook Research | Yes |
October 15 | 0700 | MBA mortgage market index | Mortgage Bankers Association | Yes |
October 15 | 0830 | New York Fed Empire State manufacturing index | New York Fed | Yes |
October 15 | 0830 | Real earnings | Bureau of Labor Statistics | No |
October 15 | 0830 | Consumer Price Index | Bureau of Labor Statistics | No |
October 15 | 1100 | Cleveland Fed median CPI | Cleveland Fed | No |
October 16 | 0830 | Jobless benefits claims | Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration | No |
October 16 | 0830 | Producer Price Index | Bureau of Labor Statistics | No |
October 16 | 0830 | Retail sales | Census Bureau | No |
October 16 | 0830 | Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing index | Philadelphia Fed | Yes |
October 16 | 1000 | Business inventories | Census Bureau | No |
October 16 | 1000 | Home builder sentiment index | National Association of Home Builders | Yes |
October 17 | 0830 | Housing starts and building permits | Census Bureau | No |
October 17 | 0830 | Import and export prices | Bureau of Labor Statistics | No |
October 17 | 0915 | Industrial production | Federal Reserve | Yes |
October 17 | 1600 | Treasury International Capital System flows | Treasury Department | TBD |
October 20 | 1000 | Leading indicators | Conference Board | No |
October 21 | 0855 | Redbook index | Redbook Research | Yes |
October 22 | 0700 | MBA mortgage market index | Mortgage Bankers Association | Yes |
October 23 | 0830 | Jobless benefits claims | Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration | No |
October 23 | 0830 | National Activity Index | Chicago Fed | Yes |
October 23 | 1000 | Existing home sales | National Association of Realtors | Yes |
October 23 | 1100 | Tenth District Manufacturing Survey | Kansas City Fed | Yes |
October 24 | Approx. 0800 | Building Permit Revisions | Census Bureau | No |
October 24 | 0945 | S&P Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index | S&P Global | Yes |
October 24 | 1000 | Consumer Sentiment Index | University of Michigan Survey of Consumers | Yes |
October 24 | 1000 | New single-family home sales | Census Bureau | No |
* TBD = To be determined
