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Economic data 经济数据 Peeking early 先人一步，偷瞄一眼 A continuing kerfuffle over releases of privatelysourced data 私人发布的数据持续引发热议 DATA releases stir emotions as well as moving markets. 数据之发布既挑动人们的神经，也撼动着市场。 Concerns have grown about trading firms getting early peeks of certain releases. 而越来越多的目光正投向贸易公司在数据发布前一窥其里的做法。 The case causing the biggest fuss is a widely watched consumer-sentiment index distributedby Thomson Reuters under a contract with the University of Michigan. 引发最大争议的数据正是备受关注的消费者信心指数路透社和密西根大学签约后负责发布此数据。 Mark Rosenblum, a former Thomson salesman, claims he was fired after querying whetherthe release violated insider-trading laws because it went to high-speed traders, paying$6,000 a month for their feeds, two seconds before regular subscribers saw it. 前路透社销售人员，Mark Rosenblum声称，他本人因调查数据的发布过程是否违反内幕交易法而被解雇，而高速交易者每月花6000美元就可以比普通使用者提前两秒接收到数据。 | 
