Non-Farm Payrolls comes in at 162K

The US Non-Farm Payrolls report, released on 2026-09-05 at 05:30 UTC, indicated an increase of 162,000 jobs. No consensus figure was available for comparison with this release.

Following the data, the US Dollar saw mixed reactions across the forex market. AUDUSD moved -4.2 pips one hour after the release, which was smaller than its median historical one hour move of 16 pips. EURUSD declined -10 pips after one hour, also smaller than its median of 21 pips. GBPUSD fell -17 pips after one hour, a move smaller than its median of 22 pips. NZDUSD dropped -9.2 pips after one hour, smaller than its median of 16 pips. USDCAD rose +47 pips after one hour, a move larger than its median historical move of 26 pips and within the top-quarter of past releases. USDCHF gained +14 pips after one hour, smaller than its median of 17 pips. USDJPY initially gained +37 pips at 5 minutes but then reversed to -49 pips after one hour, a move larger than its median historical move of 27 pips and within the top-quarter of past releases. XAUUSD fell -596 pips after one hour, a move significantly larger than its median historical move of 56 pips.