Latest NFP (US Non-Farm Payroll) Data Prediction for the Month of November 2020

A recent major development of approving Pfizer & BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine dose usage & roll-out form next week in U.K widely cushioned the markets now-a-days.

However, the traders & investors will be eyeing another major upcoming event in U.S i.e. Non-Farm Employment Change data release. The figure shows a change in the number of employed people during the previous month, excluding the farming industry.

The data is scheduled to be issued on December 04, 2020 enlightening the facts of labor sector for the month of November. Besides this, an uncertain U.S stimulus outlook worth $1.4 trillion will remain vital for markets.

The U.S report expects a fall in employment figure by 500K; lower than the previous figure 638K whereas an Unemployment Rate is expected to fall to 6.8% from 6.9% in the preceding month.

The worsening Covid-19 fear in the U.S affects the business opportunities & a slow-down in an employment sector.

Below is the Graph showing the changes in Employment data since last three months.

For the data release of U.S ADP Non-farm Employment Change on December 02, the number of employed people rose by just 307K much lower than the previous figure 404K which may contribute into expectation of weaker results of NFP data.

If NFP data comes out to be weaker as expected on Friday, then the possible effect can be – weak US Dollar Index, strong precious metals & softer global indices.

Other way round, if data shows upbeat results, then an upside in indices & selling pressure in Gold can be noticed.