MNI: Updated US BEA Statement On Data Release Schedule

--Confirming GDP, Personal Income, Trade Data Will Not Be Released On Schedule

     WASHINGTON (MNI) - The following is an updated statement from the Bureau of

Economic Analysis regarding data delayed due to the Federal Government shutdown:

     Bureau of Economic Analysis reports scheduled for this week and next will

be delayed because of the effects of the partial government shutdown. Those

reports are: 

     - Gross Domestic Product by State for the third quarter of 2018, originally

scheduled for release on Tuesday, Jan. 29. 

     - The "advance," or initial, estimates of Gross Domestic Product for the

fourth quarter of 2018 and for all of 2018, originally scheduled for release on

Wednesday, Jan. 30. 

     - Personal Income and Outlays for December 2018, originally scheduled for

Thursday, Jan. 31. 

     - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services for December 2018,

originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 5. BEA has not yet set new release dates

for those economic reports.

     In addition, new release dates will be set for three other economic reports

that were originally set for release while the government was shut down: U.S.

International Investment Position for the third quarter of 2018, scheduled for

Dec. 27; U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services for November 2018,

scheduled for Jan. 8; and GDP by Industry for the third quarter of 2018,

scheduled for Jan. 24.

     BEA reopened on Monday and is consulting with the U.S. Census Bureau and

other data suppliers to determine the availability of the thousands of data

series used to produce our economic indicators. We will then work with the

Office of Management and Budget to publish a revised schedule of BEA's economic

releases. Until we know more about when source data will be available, we cannot

say anything definitive about release dates for specific economic indicators. We

will work through this as quickly as possible and provide information as soon as

we can. Watch bea.gov and our Twitter feed, @BEA_News, for updates.

--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com

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