Trump Posted Unpublished Jobs Data Early on Social Media (5)

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 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 ...