The White House may also choose to disclose some sensitive information in advance of the report, officials said.

In advance of the report, the consensus among most Wall Street economists was that non-farm payroll employment rose by 150,000 jobs last month.

The decrease was the biggest in five months and much larger than the modest 7,000 decline that most economists had predicted in advance of the report.

In advance of the report, the consensus forecast is calling for an increase of about a tenth of a percentage point in the producer price index.

In advance of the report, most analysts are forecasting that housing starts are running at an annual rate of just over 1.1 million units, relatively unchanged from April.

In advance of the report, a picture of some lending policies along racial lines has come from large banks involved in mergers.

Dealers said they were reluctant to keep pushing the dollar down in advance of the revised report on economic growth in the second quarter, scheduled for release today.

In advance of the report, some government agencies have already started to re-examine their performance.

In advance of the report, analysts at Salomon Brothers project a decline of two-tenths of a percentage point in the index.

In advance of the report, most analysts were projecting that non-farm payroll employment probably rose by between 20,000 and 40,000 jobs last month.