The CPI report for October may be cancelled. Here’s an expected schedule. It’s highly likely Government reopens this week. So when will we have reports? CPI • Our thinking here is partly based on the 2013 experience, but also largely on interviews our Policy Team conducted with two ex-BLS commissioners available here and here. • CPI: Starting with CPI: the BLS already released September data (albeit delayed), but as of this week will have postponed the October release. It looks unlikely that the BLS will be able to release October CPI at all: most of the survey and otherwise data required was not collected in the ... (full story)