Non-Farm Payrolls Data Leaked in Advance? Trump's Social Media "Mishap" Exposes Key Employment Report

BlockBeats News, January 10th. On Thursday evening local time, former U.S. President Trump posted on his social platform Truth Social a chart containing unpublished key U.S. non-farm payroll data, which was shared nearly a day earlier than the official release, sparking market and public attention.

The chart showed that since January of this year, the U.S. private sector has added 654,000 jobs, while the government sector has reduced 181,000 positions. The related data was originally scheduled to be officially released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday along with the December jobs report. The White House subsequently responded that this disclosure was an "inadvertent action" and stated that they would review the embargo agreement on economic data release.

White House officials explained that the President is legally allowed to receive some economic data in advance, and the data used in the chart partly came from a legal advance briefing, but it should not have been publicly released during the embargo period. Trump himself denied responsibility and said, "Let them [have] the opportunity to release it."

It is worth noting that this is not the first time Trump has sparked controversy by hinting at or disclosing non-farm payroll data early. From a market perspective, after this incident, U.S. stock index futures only experienced small fluctuations during the low-volume trading period, with no significant anomalies appearing.

Analysts have warned that such events may undermine the market's trust in the neutrality and credibility of U.S. official economic data. KPMG Chief Economist Diane Swonk pointed out that premature leakage of sensitive data could disrupt market fairness and prompt investors to "interpret social media signals from the President" before the official release, thereby increasing volatility risk.