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Top Bloomberg editor exits after Federal Reserve data flub

“Sorry” doesn’t cut it at Bloomberg.

Chris Wellisz, a top Bloomberg editor who on Wednesday afternoon inadvertently broke an embargo of highly sensitive Federal Reserve data, left the company Thursday, The Post has learned.

The 15-year veteran of the financial news giant had published a single headline about July Fed meeting information 24 minutes before a 2 p.m. “embargo” agreement.

The early headline, which suggested that the central bank was getting closer to raising interest rates, caused Treasury bond prices to tumble before the Fed released the full minutes to the public.

Wellisz was a well-regarded team leader for US economic policy who started his Bloomberg career in Singapore and Japan, according to his LinkedIn profile.

The editor left Bloomberg’s Washington bureau on New York Avenue just before 2:30 p.m., according to two sources. Morale in the office is extremely low, sources said.

As is company custom, the former employee’s bio page on the Bloomberg terminal was quickly updated to direct calls to his supervisor.

Neither Wellisz nor the supervisor, Ken Fireman, returned calls seeking comment. Jill Watanabe, a Bloomberg spokeswoman, declined comment.

In 2013, Bloomberg broke an embargo agreement with the Czech central bank by releasing interest rate data one minute early.

After that flub, DC-based Executive Editor Dan Moss flew to Prague to dress down Jeffrey Donovan and Alan Crosby, Page Six reported at the time. Both eventually left the company.

Wellisz’s exit comes as Bloomberg gears up to lay off about 100 editorial employees next month, most of whom cover politics and government, The Post exclusively reported on Wednesday.