The U.S. Census Bureau said on Wednesday it was adopting several strategies, including shortening the window for Principal Federal Economic Indicators collection, to get economic data back to their original release schedule “as quickly as possible.”

“For our PFEIs to return to their original release schedules, processing stages must be accelerated and condensed where possible while still adhering to established quality standards,” the Census Bureau said in a statement posted on its website.

A record 43-day shutdown of the government has delayed economic releases. The October employment and consumer price reports have been canceled because the shutdown prevented the collection of data, which could not be done retroactively.

“For example, if the typical process allows 10 business days to

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