White House Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett confirmed October’s report will omit unemployment figures due to the absence of a household survey, an atypical departure from standard labor market reporting.
Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council, stated that October’s jobs report will exclude unemployment data because the household survey was not conducted. The nonfarm payroll report, which typically combines business and household surveys, will only include job figures. This marks a rare deviation from usual labor market disclosures, where unemployment statistics are a core component.