BLS Cancels October Jobs Report After Missed Data in Shutdown

The Bureau of Labor Statistics won’t publish an October employment report, and instead will incorporate those payrolls figures into the November report set to be published after the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of the year.

The BLS couldn’t collect October household data, which informs key statistics like the unemployment rate, due to the record-long government shutdown. The agency said the figures couldn’t be gathered retroactively. Those statistics won’t be published as a result.

The November employment report will be published on Dec. 16, more than a week later than originally scheduled.

That marks the first time the agency has forgone ...