Unemployment Statistics Out Next Week

We are now two weeks past the date when we should have gotten the unemployment statistics for the month of September. The release was delayed because the Republicans shut down the government, and the employees preparing those statistics were furloughed. But the government has now re-opened, and yesterday the Labor Department released the following memo to the public:

Because of the Oct. 1-16 lapse in appropriations, the previously scheduled economic data releases, compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, have been rescheduled:

The Employment Situation report for September 2013 will be released at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 22. It had originally been scheduled for release on Oct. 4. The Employment Situation report for the month of October will be issued on Nov. 8. It had been scheduled for Nov. 1. The monthly reports provide data that includes the number of unemployed persons, the unemployment rate, and nonfarm payroll employment.