--- title: "Non-farm data leaked in advance? Trump's social media \"slipped\" and exposed key employment report" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/272152412.md" description: "U.S. President Trump accidentally released non-farm employment market data that was supposed to be made public on Friday via social media, breaking a long-standing convention. The White House described the incident as an \"accident,\" with the data indicating that the U.S. economy added 654,000 private sector jobs since January. The White House is reviewing the protocol for releasing economic data, and Trump stated that he is not responsible for the incident. This event could impact the market, as economic data releases are typically closely monitored" datetime: "2026-01-10T11:58:03.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/272152412.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/272152412.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/272152412.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/272152412.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/272152412.md) # Non-farm data leaked in advance? Trump's social media "slipped" and exposed key employment report Former President Trump posted a chart on his social media account Thursday night, which included non-farm employment market data that was supposed to be released on Friday. This action broke a long-standing convention, and **the White House called the incident an "unintentional" disclosure**. The chart has been liked nearly 14,000 times by other Truth Social users. It shows that since January, the U.S. economy has added 654,000 private sector jobs while losing 181,000 government jobs. This data was not officially released by the Labor Department until Friday in its highly anticipated December non-farm employment report. Presidents typically receive the employment report a day in advance. Bloomberg News previously reported on this apparent violation. A White House official stated, "An unintentional public disclosure occurred based on the president's routine access to advance knowledge of economic data releases, and this aggregated data partially stemmed from pre-obtained information. The White House is reviewing the protocols regarding the release of economic data." The chart posted by Trump noted that its data sources were the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics and calculations from the Council of Economic Advisers. Trump commented to reporters at the White House that he was not at fault. He said, "I told them, 'Release it whenever you have the chance.'" Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, is legally entitled to preview the monthly employment report. He and a few other officials with access to the report can freely share this market-sensitive information with the president before the data is made public. Hassett is currently being considered by Trump for nomination as the next Federal Reserve Chairman. However, since the mid-1980s, a rule established by the White House Office of Management and Budget prohibits executive branch employees from publicly discussing economic data within one hour of its release. This is not the first time Trump has seemingly ignored this long-standing embargo rule. **This government news release is typically sufficient to influence the market and is closely watched by traders of global stocks, bonds, currencies, and countless other assets.** In June 2018, about an hour before the scheduled release of the May monthly employment report, Trump posted a cryptic message on his then-Twitter account: "Looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning." This post was retweeted thousands of times, with many believing the president's subtle bragging indicated the data would be stronger than expected. Indeed, it was: the number of jobs added that month exceeded economists' predictions by 35,000, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%. In that incident, Trump's "hint" did not seem to affect the market before the scheduled release time, and the same appears to be true this time. After he posted at 8:21 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, the S&P 500 e-mini futures fell a few points, during a light overnight trading period for U.S. stock index futures. The trading volume per minute remained below 200 contracts In fact, it is difficult to decipher the exact number of private sector job growth in December from Trump's post on Thursday night, as the cumulative data he released includes revisions to the previous two months' data, which were collectively revised downward by 70,000. Moreover, the job growth in the U.S. has entirely come from the private sector, as Trump boasted, which is not uncommon. For example, from the summer of 2010 to early 2014, during the era of "automatic spending cuts" involving comprehensive federal budget reductions, the U.S. created about 8 million private sector jobs while reducing over 750,000 government jobs. Since Trump took office, federal government jobs have decreased. During this period, state governments have also cut some jobs, but local governments have increased their number of employees. **This leak may exacerbate the loss of trust in U.S. government data and intensify concerns about the politicization of what should be nonpartisan information.** KPMG Chief Economist Diane Swonk stated, **this could also lead to data confusion and increase market volatility.** "We want as fair a competitive environment as possible, but this eliminates that, and anyone in the market will now check the president's posts for clues about economic data from the night before." ### Related Stocks - [Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. 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