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Factbox-US government shutdown: How it affects key economic data publishing
Oct 5, 2025 10:28 PM

(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.

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 Release Indicator Indicator Will

date time (U.S. source publish?

ET)

October 6 1000 Employment Conference No

Trends Index Board

October 7 0830 International Bureau of No

trade Economic

Analysis/Censu

s Bureau

October 7 0855 Redbook Index Redbook Yes

Research

October 7 1500 Consumer Federal Yes

Credit Reserve

October 8 0700 MBA mortgage Mortgage Yes

market index Bankers

Association

October 8 1400 Minutes of Federal Yes

Federal Open Reserve

Market

Committee

meeting

October 9 0830 Jobless Labor No

benefits Department's

claims Employment and

Training

Administration

October 9 1000 Wholesale Census Bureau No

sales and

revision to

wholesale

inventories

October 10 1000 Consumer University of Yes

sentiment Michigan

index Surveys of

Consumers

October 1400 Monthly budget Treasury TBD

10-17 statement Department's

(TBD) Fiscal Service

October 14 0600 NFIB Business National Yes

Optimism index Federation for

Independent

Business

October 14 0855 Redbook Index Redbook Yes

Research

October 15 0700 MBA mortgage Mortgage Yes

market index Bankers

Association

October 15 0830 New York Fed New York Fed Yes

Empire State

manufacturing

index

October 15 0830 Real earnings Bureau of No

Labor

Statistics

October 15 0830 Consumer Price Bureau of No

Index Labor

Statistics

October 15 1100 Cleveland Fed Cleveland Fed No

median CPI

October 16 0830 Jobless Labor No

benefits Department's

claims Employment and

Training

Administration

October 16 0830 Producer Price Bureau of No

Index Labor

Statistics

October 16 0830 Retail sales Census Bureau No

October 16 0830 Philadelphia Philadelphia Yes

Fed Fed

Manufacturing

index

October 16 1000 Business Census Bureau No

inventories

October 1000 Home builder National Yes

16  sentiment Association of

index Home Builders

October 17 0830 Housing starts Census Bureau No

and building

permits

October 17 0830 Import and Bureau of No

export prices Labor

Statistics

October 17 0915 Industrial Federal Yes

production Reserve

October 17 Treasury Treasury TBD

1600 International Department

Capital System

flows

October 20

1000 Leading Conference No

indicators Board

October 21 0855

Redbook index Redbook Yes

Research

October 22 0700 MBA mortgage Mortgage

market index Bankers Yes

Association

October 23 0830 Jobless Labor No

benefits Department's

claims Employment and

Training

Administration

October 23 National Chicago Fed Yes

0830 Activity Index

October 23 1000 Existing home National Yes

sales Association of

Realtors

October 23 1100 Kansas City Yes

Tenth District Fed

Manufacturing

Survey

October 24 Approx. Building Census Bureau No

0800 Permit

Revisions

October 24 S&P Global S&P Global

0945 Manufacturing Yes

Purchasing

Managers Index

October 24 1000 Consumer University of Yes

Sentiment Michigan

Index Survey of

Consumers

October 24 1000 New Census Bureau No

single-family

home sales

* TBD = To be determined

(U.S. economic data team)

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