{"id":13331,"date":"2026-08-18T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backcom.io\/?p=13331"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:27:51","slug":"how-nonfarm-news-affects-gold-forex-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backcom.io\/en\/how-nonfarm-news-affects-gold-forex-bitcoin","title":{"rendered":"How Nonfarm News Affects Gold, Forex and Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Nonfarm news<\/strong> is one of the US economic releases that forex, gold and Bitcoin traders watch most closely each month. A single large gap between the Actual and the Forecast<\/strong> is enough to send the USD, bond yields, XAU\/USD and risk assets moving hard in a very short space of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading the Nonfarm news<\/strong>, however, is not as simple as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High NFP = the USD rises, low NFP = the USD falls.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You also have to combine the unemployment rate, wage growth, the labour force participation rate and \u2014 above all \u2014 the revisions to the previous months’ data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Nonfarm<\/strong> itself is still unfamiliar, read What Is Nonfarm Payrolls? How to Read the US NFP Report<\/a> first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Nonfarm? How the NFP Release Is Built<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Definition of Nonfarm (NFP) and Who Publishes It<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP)<\/strong> measures the change in the number of paid jobs in the US non-agricultural sector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data is published monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)<\/strong> in the Employment Situation<\/strong> report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFP gives the market a quick read on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n