Overall, import prices remained unchanged. But that's before you add in tariffs.

The shutdown could still result in a delayed data release.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics usually collects data in real time. So it may not be able to capture October prices or jobs data that was missed during the shutdown.

While some regional Fed banks have hard data, many of those figures come from agencies that are closed during the shutdown.

“If we don’t know what the quality of the data will be. Well, that’s uncertainty. That’s risky,” says Columbia finance professor Laura Veldkamp.

The Department says the report was “politicized.” Researchers say it was vital.

Nicole Cervi at Wells Fargo explains how she uses public inflation and jobs data in her work.

Fewer than half of the businesses asked to participate in jobs surveys actually answer. That can lead to biased data.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is no longer gathering data from parts of New York, Nebraska, and Utah.

You take it with a grain of salt and find proxy data.