MNI: US DATA ADVISORY: Status of Upcoming Census and BEA Data

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 14:41 GMT Dec 26/09:41 EST Dec 26

     WASHINGTON (MNI) - Due to the continued partial US government shutdown,

data to be released by the US Department of Commerce will be delayed until the

shutdown ends, and in some cases will be postponed even longer if the data was

in the process of being prepared when the shutdown began. 

     These include data from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic

Analysis. Commerce will release an updated schedule after the Department's

funding is renewed and not before, and MNI will publish that calendar when it is

available.

     PLEASE NOTE: The Department of Labor's funding had already been approved

through September 2019 and the Department itself and the Bureau of Labor

Statistics are unaffected by the partial shutdown. As a result, the release of

the monthly employment report on January 4 will not be impacted. Likewise, the

release of initial jobless claims data on Thursdays will not be impacted.

     Upcoming data releases from the affected agencies appear below. There will

be no release of these data on any of the MNI platforms, including Alpha Flash

(AF) as the government's websites also do not function during a shutdown. 

December 27 Building Permits Revision

December 27 New Home Sales (AF)

December 28 Advance Trade and Inventories

January 3 Construction Spending (AF)

January 7 Factory Orders (AF)

January 8 Trade Balance (AF)

January 10 Wholesale Inventory and Sales (AF)

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