US EditionFriday’s jobs report will be delayed because of the partial government shutdown
The partial government shutdown delays key labor reports including January jobs and December job openings until funding is restored, amid sluggish job growth averaging 28,000 per month.
- 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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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.
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Labor Department 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.
It's going to take longer to find out how the job market looked in January
BLS won't be publishing the jobs report on Friday as originally scheduled.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe Bureau of Labor Statistics won't be publishing the next jobs report as originally scheduled.That's due to the partial government shutdown.BLS said it will reschedule the reports once funding resumes.Economists and job seekers will have to wait longer to know how the job market performed in January.The Bureau of Labor Statistics said it won't b…
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