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Investing.com -- Statistics Canada, Canada’s national statistics agency, accidentally published sensitive manufacturing data on its website ahead of the scheduled Friday release, before quickly removing it when questioned, according to reporting by Reuters.
The agency had posted information from the monthly survey of manufacturing on Thursday, including the previous month’s revision, according to the agency’s website.
After Reuters inquired about the premature posting, Statistics Canada immediately removed the page, acknowledging that an error had occurred.
"Statistics Canada takes this incident very seriously. We are conducting a thorough review and will determine whether additional safeguards are required to prevent a recurrence," said agency spokeswoman Maryse Carriere.
The agency confirmed it would proceed with the official release of the June manufacturing data on Friday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (1330 GMT) as originally planned.
Such leaks of market-sensitive information are highly unusual in Canada, where the statistics agency typically implements strict precautions to keep economic data confidential until official release times.
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