(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)