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JOLTS Job Openings USD

High impact Updated after every release
Next release Tue, Sep 29 14:00 UTC · consensus 7.106M · previous 7.271M  

What this release is

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, measures the number of job openings in the United States. This monthly labor market report is published by bls.gov, the official source for this data.

Forex traders closely monitor JOLTS Job Openings due to its high typical impact on the US Dollar. A robust number of job openings indicates strong labor demand, which can lead to wage inflation. This trend often influences the central bank’s monetary policy decisions, particularly regarding interest rates, thereby affecting USD valuation.

After past releases, market attention often focuses on the headline figure for job openings. Revisions to prior months’ data can also influence market reactions. The release provides insights into the broader health of the labor market, which can contribute to shifts in market sentiment.

How hard it hits, measured

121 releases · own feed
Typical EURUSD move
11pips / 1h
Median absolute move in the hour after the release
Big-release move
20pips / 1h
Top-quarter releases move at least this much
Largest measured
87pips
Biggest one-hour reaction in our archive
Direction reliability
n/a
Unlocks after 8 live-captured releases with consensus. Measured, never estimated
Pair5 min15 min1 hourBig release (1h)
EURUSD5.0p6.4p11p20p
AUDUSD3.7p5.1p12p19p
GBPUSD6.7p9.1p16p25p
NZDUSD3.9p5.4p8.8p16p
USDCAD4.5p7.0p14p26p
USDCHF3.8p6.3p9.8p17p
USDJPY5.6p7.2p10p25p
XAUUSD16p20p28p73p

How we measure: moves come from our own MT4 price feed and our archived minute bars, sampled 5, 15 and 60 minutes after each release against the pre-release price. No estimates, no third-party numbers. Releases where our feed had a gap are skipped, never guessed.

What usually happens

conditional history
Beat above consensus EURUSD closed the hour lower in 28 of 52 cases · median -0.9p n=52 live
Miss below consensus EURUSD closed the hour lower in 17 of 34 cases · median -0.4p n=34 live
In line within the surprise band EURUSD closed the hour lower in 13 of 26 cases · median -0.7p n=26 live

These are counts of what happened after past releases, conditional on the surprise direction. They are history, not a forecast, and never a trade recommendation. Sample sizes are shown because small samples mislead; rows stay locked until the sample is honest.

Release history

accumulates every release
DateActualForecastPreviousRevised toEURUSD 1h
Sep 1, 20267.271M7.33M7.36M7.182M-5.2p—
Aug 4, 20267.359M6.948M7.594M7.537M-1.4p—
Jun 30, 20267.594M6.822M7.618M7.585M+37p—
Jun 2, 20267.618M6.79M6.866M6.887M+0.1p—
May 5, 20266.866M6.913M6.882M6.922M+8.3p—
Mar 31, 20266.882M6.926M6.946M7.24M-12p—
Mar 13, 20266.946M7.116M6.542M6.55M-22p—
Feb 5, 20266.542M7.536M7.146M6.928M-6.8p—
Jan 7, 20267.146M7.381M7.67M7.449M-6.2p—
Dec 9, 20257.658M7.378M7.227M7.615M-8.9p—
Sep 30, 20257.227M7.326M7.181M7.181M+20p—
Sep 3, 20257.181M7.412M7.437M7.357M+14p—
Jul 29, 20257.437M7.441M7.769M7.712M-23p—
Jul 1, 20257.769M7.102M7.391M7.395M-22p—
Jun 3, 20257.391M7.167M7.192M7.2M+4.2p—
Apr 29, 20257.192M7.476M7.568M7.48M-18p—
Apr 1, 20257.568M7.241M7.74M7.762M+20p—
Mar 11, 20257.74M7.279M7.6M7.508M-0.7p—
Feb 4, 20257.6M7.603M8.098M8.156M+21p—
Jan 7, 20258.098M7.38M7.744M7.839M-20p—
Dec 3, 20247.744M7.492M7.443M7.372M-2.8p—
Oct 29, 20247.443M7.688M8.04M7.861M+13p—
Oct 1, 20248.04M7.721M7.673M7.711M+5.6p—
Sep 4, 20247.673M7.876M8.184M7.91M+32p—

Showing the latest 24 of 121 tracked releases.

Reaction = EURUSD move 60 minutes after the release, measured from our own price history. Story links appear for releases our news desk covered; every release gets a row here whether or not it gets a story. Values from before our live tracking began are the current figures in the official statistical series, so they include later revisions; live rows record the number as printed.

Market statistics, not financial advice. All reaction figures are measured from our own price feed under our published methodology.
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