The Bureau of Labor Statistics will leave the 12-month change out of its October CPI report. A gap in price data from the 2025 government shutdown makes the calculation impossible. Month-over-month figures will still appear.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its October report on the consumer price index on Tuesday without the standard 12-month percentage change figures.
Missing data stems from the 2025 government shutdown, which prevented BLS from collecting portions of price data for October 2025. The agency could not obtain that information retroactively, according to BLS spokesperson Cody Parkinson.
As a result, BLS cannot calculate the 12-month change for either the overall CPI or the core measure, which excludes food and energy prices. The 12-month figure, which was 3.7% in September, is generally how the public understands inflation. Real earnings growth from a year earlier, a separate but related release, will also be unavailable.
The report will still include month-over-month comparisons. Economists expect CPI to have risen 0.3% in October from the previous month. They expect core CPI to have increased 0.2%.
Source: Investing.com
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