[U.S. Department of Labor and CFTC Announce Data Release Schedule] A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Labor stated that the department plans to make up for the missing weekly initial jobless claims data during the government shutdown by the end of Thursday local time. The initial jobless claims for the week ending October 18 have already been released in advance, showing 232,000 claims. When the Department of Labor updates the data, it will be directly published on its official website without issuing a press release. Additionally, the Department of Labor plans to release the September PPI data at 21:30 (UTC+8) on November 25 and the September import and export price index at 21:30 (UTC+8) on December 3. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it will begin releasing the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports this week. The first report is expected to be released early Thursday morning (UTC+8). A maximum of two reports will be published per week, with the schedule expected to return to normal by January 23 next year.