# NonfarmPayrollsComing

#NonfarmPayrollsComing
US Nonfarm Payrolls Report 📋
✨ Employment Growth Slowed in December 2025
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced in its December 2025 Nonfarm Payrolls report, released on January 9, 2026, that 50,000 new jobs were added to the economy. This figure was significantly below economists' expectations (around 70,000) and also lower than the revised increase of 56,000 in November.
The unemployment rate slightly declined to 4.4% (November revised: 4.5%). Average hourly earnings increased by 0.3% monthly and 3.8% annually.
A total of 584,000 jobs were added throughout

Non-farm Payrolls Release Day: Why Do Markets Often Move in the Opposite Direction?
Many traders share a common confusion: even when non-farm data appears to be bullish for a certain asset, the price tends to move in the opposite direction. The reason is not that the market is "wrong," but that it has already priced in the expectations in advance. On non-farm release days, the market essentially becomes a game of "positions versus expectations."
Before the data is released, a large amount of capital has already been positioned based on expectations. Once the data is out, if the results merely

The core of non-farm payroll data is not about "how much new employment" but whether "interest rate cuts are still possible."
Entering 2026, the market significance of non-farm employment data has clearly diverged from the early stages of rate hike cycles. In the past, an increase in new jobs was often seen as a sign of an overheating economy; now, non-farm data more resembles a gauge of "whether the Federal Reserve has room to continue easing." In other words, non-farm data is not only an economic indicator but also a direct clue to the monetary policy path.
If employment growth continues to