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US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)

US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 5 January 2018

US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 5 January 2018: 148K for December 2017, below the 190K forecast and against 252K in April 2017 (first reported as 211K). 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 5 Jan 2018 at 13:30 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
148K
December 2017
Forecast
190K
The market consensus
Previous
252K
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) 5 January 2018: 148K for December 2017 against a 190K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 5 January 2018: 148K vs 190K forecast (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/nfp/2018-01-05

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
5 Jan 2018Dec148K190K252K
5 May 2017Apr211K185K79K
7 Apr 2017Mar98K180K219K
10 Mar 2017Feb235K190K238K
3 Feb 2017Jan227K175K157K
6 Jan 2017Dec156K178K204K
3 Jun 2016May38K164K123K
6 May 2016Apr160K202K208K
1 Apr 2016Mar215K205K245K
4 Mar 2016Feb242K190K172K
5 Feb 2016Jan151K190K262K
8 Jan 2016Dec292K200K252K
The release before:US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 5 May 2017The release after:US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 2 February 2018US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar