"With the government shutdown putting the next official inflation report in peril, Business Insider wants to hear from people across the US about how prices have changed in recent months. We want to see if people have noticed new price tags at the grocery store, at the gas pump, at the coffee shop, and more."
"The agency isn't publishing most releases during the shutdown, but it did publish the September figures on a delay so that the Social Security Administration could still calculate the cost-of-living adjustment on time. Given the dearth of official data, we decided to take matters into our own hands. While Business Insider is a thriving publication, we lack the usual resources of the federal government and are unable to directly measure the roughly 80,000 price changes a month that BLS typically analyzes."
"So we're turning to you, our readers, with our admittedly unscientific survey aiming to see how people are experiencing price changes in our turbulent and uncharted economic moment. Please answer our survey below by November 13 and let us know if you are open to being interviewed."
A record-long government shutdown has jeopardized the next official consumer price report, delaying or preventing October data collection and most Bureau of Labor Statistics releases. The Social Security Administration received a delayed September release to compute cost-of-living adjustments, but further official figures may be missing. Limited federal data has prompted an unscientific public survey asking Americans about recent changes in expenses such as groceries, rent, gas, and coffee. The survey relies on voluntary reader responses because the publication cannot replicate the BLS's comprehensive monthly price tracking of roughly 80,000 changes. Respondents are asked to complete the survey by November 13 and indicate interview availability.
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