NONFARM PAYROLL
A statistic researched, recorded and reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics intended to represent the total number of paid U.S. workers of any business, excluding the following employees:
- general government employees
- private household employees
- employees of nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to individuals
- farm employees
This monthly report also includes estimates on the average work week and the average weekly earnings of all non-farm employees.
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 13:00 | CBI retail sales volume balance | Nov | |
| 17:00 | New Home Sales | Oct | |
| 02:01 | BRC Shop Price Index | Nov | |
| 02:30 | Retail Sales | Oct | |
| 03:18 | BOE Deputy Governor for Markets & Banking Sir David Ramsden Speaks | ||
| 07:00 | BOJ Core CPI | Oct | |
| 09:00 | GfK Consumer Climate | Dec | |
| 11:00 | M3 Money Supply | Oct | |
| 11:00 | Private Sector Credit | Oct |
