Jittery investors are pushing down Treasury yields ahead of crucial CPI inflation report

Investors are bracing for an upcoming reading on inflation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — a crucial piece of the U.S. economic picture in an otherwise vacuum of government data during the shutdown.

Treasury bond yields have fallen this month as investors navigate

a U.S. government shutdown that has dragged on since Oct. 1 and are left to make decisions without the usual batch of closely watched economic reports. But on Friday, the BLS will release a delayed report on September inflation data via the consumer-price index (CPI), even as the shutdown means investors are missing other readings on the economy from the government.