nonfarm
Americanadjective
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In total, those accounted for 103,000 of the 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs supposedly added in August, or nearly two-thirds of the total.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
U.S. nonfarm payrolls due this week could influence interest rate bets for the Fed’s coming September meeting, says Konstantinos Chrysikos of Kudo.com.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“While the weaker than expected nonfarm payrolls numbers last week help, the CPI numbers later today are arguably more important,” the senior currency analyst adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
—The dollar recovered slightly after reaching a seven-week low Friday following an unexpected decline in U.S. nonfarm payrolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
This decline, which has been going on for almost 2 years, has occurred at a time when most nonfarm prices and farm costs of production are extraordinarily high.
From State of the Union Address by Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower
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