The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics cancelled the October non-farm payrolls report and rescheduled the November report to December 16

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that it will not release the October non-farm payrolls report, and said that the originally scheduled October (business survey) employment data will be merged into the November report for release. The combined report is scheduled to be released on December 16, which means that Federal Reserve officials will not be able to obtain this key data at the last policy meeting of the year (the Fed's interest rate decision will be announced in the early morning of December 11, Beijing time). The agency pointed out that the October household survey data used to calculate key indicators such as the unemployment rate will not be able to be collected retrospectively. The US non-farm payrolls report consists of two parts: the household survey and the enterprise survey, in which the enterprise survey is used to collect non-farm payrolls data. The agency also said that it will extend the data collection cycle of the November household survey and the enterprise survey.