US EditionFriday’s jobs report will be delayed because of the partial government shutdown
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is delaying the January and December labor reports due to a partial government shutdown; 2025 job growth was the lowest since 2003, officials said.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed on Monday it will not publish the January Jobs Report on Friday, February 6, 2026, due to the government shutdown.
- Because of the funding lapse, the delay stems from a partial federal government shutdown as Congress debates DHS funding and immigration, with the Senate approving a two-week DHS funding measure and House Speaker Mike Johnson hopeful the shutdown ends by tomorrow.
- Also affected, BLS is postponing the December job openings report due Tuesday; markets expected a 55,000 rise in nonfarm payrolls and a 4.4% household unemployment rate, while economists forecast 80,000 hires last month.
- The delay removes a routine data point for markets and policymakers, depriving them of timely labor data during a puzzling economic period, while the Bureau of Labor Statistics will resume operations once government funding is restored, Emily Liddel said.
- Recent economic readings show gross domestic product grew fastest in two years, yet employers have added just 28,000 jobs per month since March, contrasting with 400,000 monthly hires during the 2021–2023 hiring boom.
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Government shutdown delays January jobs report release
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced it will not release the January jobs report this Friday as initially planned due to the ongoing partial government shutdown. Bureau officials stated that the agency has suspended the collection, processing and release of labor market data until funding is restored. The government entered a partial
U.S. delays January jobs report because of partial shutdown
The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on Friday as scheduled. In a statement, the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said: “Once funding is restored, BLS will resume normal operations and notify the public of any changes…
US government partial shutdown to delay January jobs report, says BLS: When will it be released?
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics said that January jobs report will be postponed and will not come out on Friday because of a partial federal government shutdown. December’s Job Openings and Labour Turnover Survey and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment report will also be postponed.
Shutdown will delay January jobs report: BLS
A partial government shutdown will delay several information releases from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), including the January jobs report. Last month’s employment data was scheduled to be released this upcoming Friday, according to the BLS website. BLS is one of the government agencies whose funding lapsed on Saturday after Congress failed to pass…
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