The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release the Consumer Price Index report Friday, two weeks after calling back economists and other employees to prepare the document despite the government shutdown.

The September CPI report will command full attention from financial markets, even as some investors will view the data with a skeptical eye.

The Friday release of September's consumer price index report is pretty much the only game in town this month.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release the Consumer Price Index report Friday, two weeks after calling back economists and other employees to prepare the document…

The annual inflation rate as measured by the CPI was expected to be 3.1% in September, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.

The BLS on Friday released its much-anticipated inflation report, delayed a week and a half because of the government shutdown.