Jobs Report Delayed Because of Partial Shutdown

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said it will not release its monthly jobs report on Friday because of a partial government shutdown, the agency’s associate commissioner, Emily Liddel, said. The report would have provided data on job growth, unemployment and wages in January, as well as annual revisions to employment estimates from 2024 and 2025.

“The report will be rescheduled upon the resumption of government funding,” Ms. Liddel said. A report on job openings and turnover in December, scheduled for release on Tuesday, will also be delayed. The bureau suspended operations over the weekend when funding lapsed for parts of the federal government, including its parent agency, the Labor Department.

Republican leaders in Congress have expressed confidence that the shutdown will end quickly, perhaps as early as Tuesday. But that would still leave little time for agency employees to finish processing and checking the job data in time for the scheduled Friday morning release — a process that is a scramble even during normal times.

The disruption comes as the bureau was still trying to get back on schedule after a monthlong lapse in federal funding last fall that led to the cancellation or delay of dozens of economic indicators, including critical data on inflation and the labor market.

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