📊 June 2025 Non‑Farm Payrolls (NFP) — Released July 3
👷♂️ Jobs Added: +147,000
📉 Forecast: ~110,000
🔁 May Revision: From +139K ➜ +144K
📌 Unemployment Rate: 4.1% (unchanged)
🟢 ➡️ Beat Expectations by +37K — a strong print despite slowdown fears!
🔍 Market & Fed Impact
1. 🏦 Federal Reserve Outlook:
Strong jobs data ➜ rate cuts likely delayed 📆
2. 💵 US Dollar:
Strengthened after data
3. 🪙 Gold:
Dropped ~1% post-report due to cooling rate-cut hopes 📉
4. 📉 Analysts Missed:
🏛️ Goldman Sachs: Expected +85K
Market consensus: ~110K
Actual crushed both! 💥
📌 Quick Takeaways
🔹 Indicator ✅ Result 📊 Market View
👷♀️ Job creation +147K Above forecast
✂️ **Rate cuts