The Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to release the September jobs report on Friday—one that would likely have shown yet another disappointing month of job creation as President Donald Trump's tariffs cripple the labor market.

But the report was not released, even though it is complete and could be made public, because the federal government is shut down and the Trump administration deemed BLS employees to be nonessential.

"This website is currently not being updated due to the suspension of Federal government services," the BLS website says. "The last update to the site was Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Updates to the site will start again when the Federal government resumes operations."

Not releasing the monthly jobs report is bad for a number of reasons.

First and foremost is t

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