Non-Farm Payrolls counts how many jobs the US economy added last month, one of the most-watched gauges of US labor strength.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures as released; revisions appear in the next print.
Forecast: Trading Economics' forecast where available, otherwise the market consensus.
Calendar data: Trading Economics; official figures from the publishing agency.
US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) for August 2026 came in at 162K versus 42.0K expected (previous 21K), above forecast.
How this print reads for the US Dollar
Above forecast by 120. For the USD that reads as positive (higher is positive for this indicator). This is a rule-based read of the figure against forecast, not a record of how the USD traded.
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