U.S. Labor Data Unavailable Amid Government Shutdown

VIENNA (DTN) – The weekly report on U.S. jobless claims was not published by the Department of Labor on Thursday (10/2) as a federal government shutdown entered its second day.

Moving forth, a more important Non-Farms Payrolls report for September, originally due on Friday (10/3), is unlikely to be published either based on a notice posted by the department on its website.

“This website is currently not being updated due to the suspension of Federal government services,” the department announced, adding that the last update was on Wednesday (10/1). “Updates to the site will start again when the Federal government resumes operations,” the notice added.

The federal government went into shutdown after the U.S. Congress failed to pass appropriations bills or a continuing resolution to fund government agencies before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1.