Here's why the February jobs report is not tomorrow, even though it's the first Friday of the month

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March 2, 2017 9:03 PM

The February 2017 jobs report is scheduled to be released on March 10.

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The jobs report is a monthly ritual for anyone following markets or the US economy, as it contains some of the main data points measuring the health of the labor market in the world's largest economy.

The report almost always comes out on the first Friday of the month, but not this month: The February 2017 report is scheduled to be released on March 10, a week later than might be expected.

It turns out that this is due to the way the jobs numbers are gathered and how the days of the week fell this year during a short month. Bureau of Labor Statistics economist Megan Dunn explained the scheduling rules to Business Insider (emphasis ours):

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