Nonfarm Payroll Miss > 100k
Key points
- A massive nonfarm payroll miss (>100k) .
- Over the next 1 to 5 days, gold typically continues its upward trend.
- The current market reaction ("T+0") was much stronger and more uniformly positive across sectors than historical averages, suggesting a "risk-on" sentiment driven by rate cut expectations.
Nonfarm Payroll Miss > 100k
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the July jobs report last Friday. Nonfarm payrolls unexpectedly fell by 23,000 jobs in July 2026, while economists had predicted a median increase of 85,000. Therefore, the difference between the actual and the survey showed a miss of 108k.

Let's look at equity, bond, and commodity performance when the NFP number shows a variance of -100k or more between the actual and survey to see if we can find an information edge.
Please note the following:
- If the market is closed on the release date (e.g., Good Friday), we roll the performance data to the next active trading day.
- Source: BLS and Bloomberg
Release Day Results
As shown in the table below, when the NFP data misses expectations by more than 100k, Gold and Commoditie
