"Instead, it will release some of the October jobs data - most importantly the number of jobs that employers created last month - along with the full November jobs report, now due a couple of weeks late on Dec. 16. The department's "employment situation" report usually comes out the first Friday of the month. But the government shutdown disrupted data collection and delayed the release of the reports. For example, the September jobs report, now coming out Thursday, was originally due Oct. 3."
"The monthly jobs report consists of two parts: a survey of households that is used to determine the unemployment rate, among other things; and the "establishment" survey of companies, nonprofits and government agencies that is used to track job creation, wages and other measurements of labor market health. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the household survey for October could not be conducted because of the shutdown and could not be done retroactively."
The Labor Department will not publish a full October jobs report because the 43-day federal shutdown prevented conducting the household survey used to calculate the unemployment rate. Employer-based hiring numbers for October will be released alongside the delayed November report, due Dec. 16. The monthly jobs report normally appears the first Friday of the month, and the shutdown disrupted data collection and delayed earlier reports such as September's. The household survey cannot be performed retroactively. September's jobs numbers will likely receive extra scrutiny before the Federal Reserve's Dec. 9-10 meeting.
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