BLS releases a combined October-November report, leaving October's rate permanently blank

BLS published the November Employment Situation together with October's payroll data. October payrolls fell 105,000 and November added 64,000, with a November unemployment rate of 4.6%, a four-year high. October's unemployment rate was never produced because the household survey was never run, making October a permanent gap in the series. The resumed November survey drew a record-low 64.0% response rate.