White House says Trump jobs report leak was “inadvertent public disclosure”

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The White House is out with damage control after Trump leaked the jobs numbers late yesterday on Truth Social.

“Following the regular procedure of presidents being prebriefed on economic data releases, there was an inadvertent public disclosure of aggregate data that was partially derived from pre-released information. The White House is accordingly reviewing protocols regarding economic data releases. ”

The statement continued with some kind of rant about the media.

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The jobs report itself has led to a diminished pricing for a rate cut in March.

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.