The nonfarm payroll (NFP) report term used in the U.S. to refer to the number of new jobs added from the previous month.
The NFP data contains many valuable insights that have a direct impact on the stock market, the value of the U.S. dollar and the price of gold. The markets react very quickly and most of the time in a very volatile fashion around the time the NFP data is released.
A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD.
Nonfarm payrolls are reported on the first Friday of the following month, at 8:30 a.m EST.
| Reference Month | Release Date | Release Time | Actual | Forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2021 | Dec 03, 2021 | 08:30 AM | 210K | 550K |
| December 2021 | Jan 07, 2022 | 08:30 AM | 199K | 400K |
| January 2022 | Feb 04, 2022 | 08:30 AM | 467K | 150K |
| February 2022 | Mar 04, 2022 | 08:30 AM | 678K | 400K |
| March 2022 | Apr 01, 2022 | 08:30 AM | 431K | 490K |
| April 2022 | May 06, 2022 | 08:30 AM | 428K | 391K |
| May 2022 | Jun 03, 2022 | 08:30 AM | 390K | 325K |
| June 2022 | Jul 08, 2022 | 08:30 AM | 372K | 268K |
| July 2022 | Aug 05, 2022 | 08:30 AM | – | – |
| August 2022 | Sep 02, 2022 | 08:30 AM | – | – |
| September 2022 | Oct 07, 2022 | 08:30 AM | – | |
| October 2022 | Nov 04, 2022 | 08:30 AM | – | – |
| November 2022 | Dec 02, 2022 | 08:30 AM | – | – |