Nov. 12, 2025, marked the end of the longest U.S. government shutdown to date. During the shutdown, some agencies within the government stopped collecting data. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will not release several reports for October 2025, including the jobs report and consumer price index. Government shutdowns are not new phenomena. Since 1980, there have been 17 instances in which the U.S. government has experienced a lapse in funding.1 Many of these shutdowns were short, with only four of the 17 lasting longer than a week. When the government reopens and data finally become available, are data ... (full story)