Overview
- The Labor Department said October’s household survey could not be conducted during the 43‑day shutdown, so no unemployment rate will be published for that month.
- October establishment payrolls will be folded into November’s report now scheduled for Dec. 16, with extended collection and processing noted by BLS.
- The last full read before the Fed meets arrives Thursday with the delayed September report, and economists expect roughly 50,000 job gains with a 4.3% unemployment rate.
- A Labor Department website showed 232,000 initial claims for the week ending Oct. 18 in what officials described as an inadvertent early posting, with continuing claims reported at 1.957 million.
- Following the scheduling change, traders trimmed odds of a December rate cut while private trackers, WARN notices and high‑profile layoff announcements signaled a softer labor market in October.