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Trump posted unpublished jobs data early on social media, Bloomberg, 1/9/26
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-posted-unpublished-jobs-data-184043351.html
((no paywall at this Yahoo-hosted article, and no you don't have to give your email address either -progree))
President Donald Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures in the yet-to-be released December employment report.
The chart, which showed the private sector added 654,000 jobs “since January,” matched figures that were not publicly published until 8:30 a.m. in Washington on Friday. It was posted on Truth Social about 12 hours before the data was set to be released. ((the chart also shows 181,000 fewer government jobs which the Krasnov administration is proud of -progree))
The US jobs data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are among the most closely guarded economic statistics and can move markets by trillions of dollars. However, trading in the bond and stock markets as well as Polymarket betting after the president’s post and before the release of the jobs report didn’t indicate a flurry of activity.
A White House official confirmed that there was an “inadvertent” public disclosure that partially derived from pre-released information. The official added that the administration is reviewing protocols for economic releases
.
Trump was evasive when asked about the matter later on Friday — both distancing himself from the post and saying he has a habit of posting things. “I don’t know if they posted them, I said post them whenever you get a chance,” Trump told reporters during meeting with oil executives at the White House. “When people give me things, I post them.”
. . . It’s not the first time Trump hasn’t adhered to protocol. In his first term, ...
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-posted-unpublished-jobs-data-184043351.html
((no paywall at this Yahoo-hosted article, and no you don't have to give your email address either -progree))
President Donald Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures in the yet-to-be released December employment report.
The chart, which showed the private sector added 654,000 jobs “since January,” matched figures that were not publicly published until 8:30 a.m. in Washington on Friday. It was posted on Truth Social about 12 hours before the data was set to be released. ((the chart also shows 181,000 fewer government jobs which the Krasnov administration is proud of -progree))
The US jobs data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are among the most closely guarded economic statistics and can move markets by trillions of dollars. However, trading in the bond and stock markets as well as Polymarket betting after the president’s post and before the release of the jobs report didn’t indicate a flurry of activity.
A White House official confirmed that there was an “inadvertent” public disclosure that partially derived from pre-released information. The official added that the administration is reviewing protocols for economic releases
.
Trump was evasive when asked about the matter later on Friday — both distancing himself from the post and saying he has a habit of posting things. “I don’t know if they posted them, I said post them whenever you get a chance,” Trump told reporters during meeting with oil executives at the White House. “When people give me things, I post them.”
. . . It’s not the first time Trump hasn’t adhered to protocol. In his first term, ...
Note to BRDS: Next time, if you REALLY want to be first with the jobs report, check Truth Social the night before!
This gives more ammo to the KK! Brigade (the Krasnov Krasnov! Brigade)
I don't know if it's just the 2 numbers above, or if he posted more than those 2 numbers.
EDITED TO ADD Just discovered Mahatmakanejeeve's LBN post on this subject https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143595753
Yes, a lot more numbers were shared - first, the federal government job number,
Also, month-by-month the private sector job numbers, the government (fed+state+local) job numbers and the total job numbers (the total not explicitely posted, at least it's not in the tweet screenshot shown, but it's simply the sum of the private and the government).
So, besides the December numbers, one can see that October and November were substantially revised downward.
The other revelation from this is that the whole jobs report is shown to the president's Council of Economic Advisers and the president the evening before. So it's not as tightly held pre-release as some here would have you believe.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3mbyyxin5xs2r?ref_src=embed&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.democraticunderground.com%252F10143595753
I don't know how to embed the damn thing, but you can view it by clicking the link above, or by clicking
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143595753
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