Economic calendar
What gold does after the US jobs report
The first Friday of most months, at 8:30 a.m. New York time, the US jobs report lands and gold often moves hard. Here are all 57 releases since 7 January 2022, with the payroll change and gold's move 15 minutes and an hour after, from 1-minute spot gold bars.
In the hour after
Gold rose in the hour after 28 of the 55 releases with a move here, from 7 January 2022 to 2 October 2026.
Typical size
The middle-sized move in that hour, up or down, was 0.35%. Half the releases moved gold less than that, half moved it more.
The biggest hours
The largest rise was +1.52% on 1 August 2025. The largest fall was -1.72% on 3 February 2023.
A count of what happened, not a forecast.
Every release since 7 January 2022
Payrolls: the change in total nonfarm payroll employment from the month before, as each release first printed it (later revisions are not shown). Releases at 8:30 a.m. New York time, from the BLS Employment Situation archive.
How we measure the move
The move starts at the release minute, read off each release itself. We take the open of the 1-minute bar that starts at that minute and the open of the bar 15 and 60 minutes later, and give the percent change between them.
The gold prices are the 1-minute spot gold (XAU/USD) bars behind the Pravex gold chart, the same bars you see when you open it. Release dates, times and figures come from the agency, and every row links to its release. 2 of the listed releases have no move, because gold was in its daily pause or holiday hours at that minute, or a bar was missing.
Why gold watches the jobs report
The Employment Situation report counts US jobs added or lost and the unemployment rate. A strong labour market lets the Fed keep rates higher for longer, which tends to lift the dollar and weigh on gold; a weak one points the other way. Traders call the headline figure NFP, for nonfarm payrolls.
The next one
The next release is on 6 November 2026 at 8:30 a.m. New York time. The row fills in an hour after it. release time on your clock.
Questions and answers
Does gold go up or down after NFP?
Both. Across the 55 jobs reports with a move on this page, gold rose in the hour after 28. The largest rise was +1.52% on 1 August 2025, the largest fall -1.72% on 3 February 2023.
What time is NFP?
At 8:30 a.m. New York time, usually on the first Friday of the month. The next one is on 6 November 2026 at 8:30 a.m. New York time.
Where do the figures on this page come from?
Dates, times and release figures come from the agency that publishes them, and each row links to the release. Gold's moves are worked out by Pravex from the 1-minute spot gold (XAU/USD) bars of our gold chart. Nothing here is a forecast.
Gold after the other releases
The same table for the other US releases gold traders watch: Gold after CPI, Gold after FOMC, Gold after PCE. live gold price chart. Bitcoin next to gold after FOMC and CPI: the dated table. What the big funds hold: the gold COT report.
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