NFP

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' much anticipated U.S. labor market report is due to be issued on Friday, attracting major interest from investors who are keenly tracking nonfarm payrolls (NFPs), the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings numbers. These data points are very important...

The American labor market continues to demonstrate its strength, with the ADP reporting Thursday a notable and better-than-expected surge in private employment in May. Concurrently, the Department of Labor signaled a lower-than-anticipated rise in unemployment claims last week, further...

Investors are eagerly anticipating the release of the non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate and salary growth figures this Friday, which are expected to be the key economic readings of the week. Rate-sensitive assets are expected to exhibit heightened volatility in response to any...

The U.S. job market report for April was unexpectedly stronger than anticipated, with 253,000 non-farm payrolls (NFP) added compared to 180,000 expected, the unemployment rate falling to a 50-year low of 3.4%, and wage gains accelerating more rapidly than anticipated.  Conditions in the...

The April U.S. jobs report showed a 253,000 rise in nonfarm payrolls, up from a downwardly revised 165,000 the previous month and far above the market consensus estimate of 180,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.  The unemployment rate ticked down from 3.5% to 3.4%,...

A week of below-than-expected macroeconomic data for the U.S. increased the risk of an incoming economic recession as investors await a key job market report on Friday, April 7.  Despite the fact that markets are closed for Good Friday, the March employment report will be a major...

The Nonfarm Payroll (aka, NFP report) is making a habit of missing its forecast by wide margins. September’s NFP rolled on Friday, revealing that a meagre 194K jobs had been added to the US economy last month. Perhaps the NFP report wouldn’t have been as disappointing had forecasts not...

#interestingfact: The S&P 500 has not had a 5%+ drawdown from a peak for the past ten months. This timeframe equates to over 200 sessions. As this hot run continues, more and more analysts come out of the woodwork, predicting that it will shortly come to an end. Perhaps these analysts are...

Those bracing for upbeat Labor Department non-farm payrolls, or NFP, data for March following an exceedingly strong Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) private payrolls report were in for a disappointment. The March NFP Report: A Dampener The Labor Department's establishment survey, which is...