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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (17018)	11/5/1998 4:00:00 PM
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Even Clinton was scooped on jobs data WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even President Clinton was scooped Thursday by the Labor Department's premature release of a closely-watched monthly jobs report -- and he sure was steamed. "He's very upset about it," joked White House spokesman Joe Lockhart as he acknowledged that the president had not had a look at the department's October jobs report before it was inadvertently posted to the department's Internet site a day early. In seriousness, Lockhart said the White House had received several inquiries about the release and was following the Labor Department's investigation of it. canoe.com Normally, the president gets a copy of the report in his in-basket the night before its release, although he often does not see it until the next morning, Lockhart said. The report, which for October showed the U.S. economy added a less-than-expected 116,000 jobs, is the single most crucial one on the health of the world's economy and is released under strict security. The botched release of significant portions of it caused dismay and chaos on the world's financial markets as participants scrambled to figure out what was happening. Asked to comment on the numbers, Lockhart declined, saying he was sticking to a policy of not commenting until the report is officially released.