The White House has announced that the U.S. inflation data for October may not be released next month due to the ongoing government shutdown. This interruption could mark the first gap in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 100-year-old data series. The shutdown, now in its 24th day, has significantly disrupted data collection and publication activities, with only limited staff available to release the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. Experts, including former BLS Commissioner Erica Groshen, have expressed concerns about the potential impact on data quality and the challenges in recovering lost information.