nonfarm
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The dollar remained weak against a basket of currency in the wake of Thursday’s worse-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Waiting until the end of the week would also allow Japan to avoid potential dollar-hawkish headlines coming from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech on Wednesday and U.S. nonfarm payrolls data on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Economists forecast a 113,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls after a 172,000 gain in May.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
But recent labor-market data may be telling an incomplete story, where headline numbers — such as nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate — look better than the health of the consumer.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 7, 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 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
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