BLS Omits Annual Inflation Data From October Report

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its October consumer price index report on Tuesday without the standard 12-month percentage change figures for both the overall CPI and core CPI. This omission stems from the 2025 government shutdown, which prevented the agency from collecting the necessary price data for October 2025.

Because the missing information cannot be obtained retroactively, the agency is unable to calculate the year-over-year inflation metrics typically used by the public to track inflation. The report will also lack real earnings growth data from a year earlier.

Despite the missing annual figures, the agency will continue to provide month-over-month comparisons. Economists forecast a 0.3% rise in CPI and a 0.2% increase in core CPI for October.