
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) inadvertently released a subset of Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Real Earnings data approximately 30 minutes prior to the scheduled release time. The premature release, which occurred on the BLS website, has prompted the agency to conduct a full investigation into its procedures and controls. The BLS has notified the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General about the incident. Despite the early release, it appears that no significant market reaction occurred. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed confidence that the BLS would resolve the data leak issue, emphasizing that the release was 'inadvertent.' The data was also accessible to 'Super Users,' including banks and hedge funds.



Karine Jean-Pierre dismisses the Bureau of Labor Statistics releasing CPI data early — which appears to be a pattern within the agency — as "an inadvertent leak" https://t.co/hWWMyta9ml
JEAN-PIERRE SAYS CONFIDENT BLS WILL RESOLVE DATA LEAK, EARLY CPI DATA FROM BLS WAS ‘INADVERTENT’
BLS leaked some of the CPI data 30 minutes early and nobody noticed.