It may be the case that you have not set it up correctly. I don't know about Analytics but for AdSense it should say Active in your affiliate settings page.
It's a little odd as I followed the steps to set up a new account but had to go back and do it again with my (now) existing account. Missed out on week or so of activity.
Check to be sure you've set up your affiliate settings correctly.
Here's HubPages Learning Center section on how to set up Google AdSense.
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