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US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)

US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 6 May 2016

US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 6 May 2016: 160K for April 2016, below the 202K forecast and against 208K in March 2016 (first reported as 215K). It is the lowest reading since January 2016. 4 of the last 11 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 6 May 2016 at 12:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
160K
April 2016
Forecast
202K
The market consensus
Previous
208K
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A notable miss usually weighs on the dollar if it signals cooling demand and encourages Fed cuts; the move can be strong.

US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 6 May 2016: 160K for April 2016 against a 202K forecast, with the last 11 releases
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The last 11 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
6 May 2016Apr160K202K208K
1 Apr 2016Mar215K205K245K
4 Mar 2016Feb242K190K172K
5 Feb 2016Jan151K190K262K
8 Jan 2016Dec292K200K252K
5 Jun 2015MAY280K225K221K(R)
8 May 2015Apr223K224K85K(R)
3 Apr 2015Mar126K244K264K(R)
6 Mar 2015FEB295K240K239K(R)
6 Feb 2015Jan257K234K329K(R)
9 Jan 2015DEC252K240K353K(R)
The release before:US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 1 April 2016The release after:US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 3 June 2016US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar