Overview

• The government is set to shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday unless Congress approves a funding extension.
• Under a 73-page contingency plan, the Bureau of Labor Statistics would suspend all operations and nearly all staff would be furloughed.
• Roughly 3,100 of the Labor Department’s about 12,900 employees would remain on duty in functions deemed necessary or separately funded.
• The September jobs report scheduled for Friday would not be released during a lapse, and upcoming CPI and PPI reports are also at risk.
• The plan says all active BLS data collection would cease and the agency’s website would go dark, while Tuesday’s JOLTS release is still slated to publish.