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Trump revealed some of Friday’s jobs data early in post the prior day

PUBLISHED FRI, JAN 9 2026 11:43 AM EST UPDATED 7 MIN AGO
Jeff Cox
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KEY POINTS
• President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday evening indirectly revealed data from Friday’s market-moving nonfarm payrolls count, an apparent violation of long-standing federal policy.
• Office of Management and Budget policy prohibits executive branch officials from commenting on such releases early and in fact forbids public statements until 30 minutes after the release.

President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday evening indirectly revealed data from Friday’s market-moving nonfarm payrolls count, an apparent violation of long-standing federal policy on statistical releases.

In a Truth Social post around 9 p.m., the president indicated that private sector payrolls had expanded by 654,000 for the full year of 2025, a total that would have included Friday’s jobs count for December.

Office of Management and Budget policy prohibits executive branch officials from commenting on such releases early and in fact forbids public statements until 30 minutes after the release. ... CNBC has reached out to the White House for comment. Presidents can be briefed on official jobs figures ahead of the release.

The Trump post drew a distinction between private and government job growth, with the latter down 181,000 for 2025.

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