US Jobs report, Nov. 20 -- With the 43-day-long government shutdown affecting households and establishments survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) won't be publishing a jobs report for October.

The BLS will incorporate those payrolls figures into the November report, which is due in a couple of weeks, as it could not complete a calculation of the unemployment rate and some other key numbers.

The Labour Bureau's 'employment situation' report usually comes out on the first Friday of the month.

This month, the report got delayed due to the government shutdown, which affected data collection.

The September jobs report was originally due on October 3. It will now be out on Thursday.

The job report, which measures job creation, wages...