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US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)

US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 5 February 2021

US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 5 February 2021: 49K for January 2021, below the 50K forecast and against -227K in December 2020 (first reported as -140K). It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 5 Feb 2021 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
49K
January 2021
Forecast
50K
The market consensus
Previous
-227K
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 February 2021: 49K for January 2021 against a 50K forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
5 Feb 2021Jan49K50K-227K
8 Jan 2021Dec-140K71K336K
4 Dec 2020Nov245K469K610K
6 Nov 2020Oct638K600K672K
2 Oct 2020Sep661K850K1489K
4 Sep 2020Aug1371K1400K1734K
7 Aug 2020Jul1763K1600K4800K
2 Jul 2020Jun4800K3000K2699K
5 Jun 2020May2509K-8000K-20687K
8 May 2020Apr-20500K-22000K-870K
3 Apr 2020Mar-701K-100K275K
6 Mar 2020Feb273K175K273K
The release before:US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 8 January 2021The release after:US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) 5 March 2021US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar