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Non-Farm Payrolls leap 287K – dollar surges

A huge surprise in the jobs report: a gain of 287K jobs, no less. However, May is now only 11K. Wages are  0.1% m/m, less than expected but better than last time y/y at 2.6%. Numbers are all over the place but all in all this is a good report. It proves that May’s poor result was a one-off.  However, the chances of a rate hike are off anyway, due to Brexit. The dollar could further extends its gains.

The USD is higher in the immediate aftermath but the  reactions vary.

US Non-Farm Payrolls was expected to show a gain of 175K in June, a big rebound from the terrible NFP for May, which showed only 38K. Wages were expected to rise 0.2% m/m like in May and the unemployment rate carried expectations for a rise to 4.8%.

June  NFP Data

  • Non-Farm Payrolls:  287K    (exp. +175K, last 38K before revisions)
  • Average Hourly Earnings:0.1% m/m, 2.6% y/y  (exp. +0.2% m/m, last month +0.2% m/m, 2.5% y/y)
  • Revisions: –6K  – quite balanced.May  revised down to only 11K, April revised up to 144K.(–59K  last time)
  • Participation Rate: 62.7%  (62.6% last month )
  • Unemployment Rate: 4.9%    (exp.4.8%,  last month 4.7% before revisions)
  • Private Sector: 265K  (ADP showed stable  +172K).
  • Real Unemployment Rate (U-6): 9.6%  (previous: 9.7%).
  • Employment to population ratio: 59.6%  (previous: 59.7%)
  • Average  workweek: 34.4  (exp. 34.4K, last month: 34.4).

NFP Currency Reaction

  • EUR/USD traded around 1.1065  partially affected by Brexit. The pair slides to 1.10 after the release and attempts to bounce.
  • GBP/USD was just under 1.30, but there are reasons to sell the pair. Cable is under 1.2930 afterwards.
  • USD/JPY was leaning lower  at 100.40. Some think it could break 99. But after the release, we have 101.
  • USD/CAD flirted with 1.30, showing resilience ahead of the Canadian jobs report and despite the fall in oil prices. The Canadian dollar is also hit by a weak Canadian jobs report. USD/CAD climbs to 1.3050.
  • AUD/USD was around 0.7515, remaining stable despite political uncertainty. AUD/USD is actually higher at 0.7540.
  • NZD/USD is looking strong at 0.7272 on  expectations that the RBNZ will not cut rates  anytime soon. NZD/USD is stable at 0.7277.

NFP Live Blog as it happened

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.