BLS to Include October PPI Data in November PPI Release

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will not produce an October 2025 Producer Price Index (PPI) news release, according to a revised news release dates page on its website.

The agency will instead publish October data with the November 2025 PPI release, which is set to be issued on Jan. 14, 2026, according to the page.

“BLS is collecting October reference period data on a delay due to the lapse in appropriations,” the agency said on the page.

This plan is the agency’s latest effort to catch up on the production of statistics that were impacted by the government shutdown, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Dec. 8).

Data from the PPI report is important for the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation indicator, according to the report.

The delay in the PPI release means Fed officials will only have data from September to inform their understanding of the current inflation backdrop when they meet this week, the report said.

It was reported Nov. 13 that although the federal government was lurching back to life after the record-long 43-day shutdown, not all government functions would immediately be back to normal.

A day earlier, on Nov. 12, it was reported that the government shutdown led to an unprecedented gap in economic data.

For example, the BLS was unable to compile the October Consumer Price Index and non-farm payroll figures.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Nov. 12 that economic data that is crucial to policymakers, business leaders and financial markets may never be released because of the shutdown.

“All of that economic data released will be permanently impaired, leaving our policymakers at the Fed flying blind at a critical period,” Leavitt said, noting that the lack of October employment and inflation data makes it significantly more difficult to assess the economy’s health and the trajectory of inflation and wage growth to guide monetary policy.

On Nov. 19, the BLS said it would not issue two of its economic data news releases because of the lingering effects of the government shutdown. These included the September Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) release that was scheduled for Nov. 4, and the October Employment Situation release that was scheduled for Nov. 7.