The White House said there probably won't be an inflation report next month

"Democrats choosing to keep the government closed will likely result in no October inflation report, which will leave businesses, markets, families, and the Federal Reserve in disarray," Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said on X following the release of September's consumer price index report Friday morning."

"The CPI report is based largely on ongoing data collection that the BLS typically does, sending out federal workers to check on around 80,000 prices a month in businesses across the country to measure how much everything from apartment rents to coffee to sewing machines costs. Those workers are all sitting idle as the shutdown drags on, hampering the Bureau's ability to report on those price changes."

"All active data collection activities are paused while the government is shut down," a BLS spokesperson said. "Once funding is restored, BLS will resume normal operations and notify the public of any changes to the news release schedule on the BLS release calendar."

The October consumer price index report will likely not be released because of the government shutdown. Active data collection by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is paused, halting roughly 80,000 monthly price checks across businesses that measure rents, food, and goods. September's CPI was delayed and future releases may be suspended until funding is restored. The pause limits timely inflation measurement, complicating Federal Reserve rate decisions and leaving markets, businesses, and households without up-to-date price information. Thousands of federal workers remain furloughed or working without pay, and BLS says it will resume normal operations and update its release schedule once funding returns.

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