The Bureau of Labor Statistics is calling some employees back from furlough to work on a key inflation report, a Trump administration official said Thursday night.

Why it matters: That data from the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, is crucial to figuring out the annual Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA — and has been delayed in the government shutdown. • The New York Times first reported that the BLS is un-pausing work on the (CPI), which measures the prices of goods and service across the nation.

Zoom in: The CPI was supposed to be released on Oct. 15. It's unlikely to make that deadline. • The goal now is to get the numbers out in time so that the COLA announcement isn't delayed. It also looks likely that the Federal Reserve will have the numbers in time for its next

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