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Economic Event futures and options offer hedging and investment opportunities on economic indicators, which can have a direct impact on financial markets across a wide variety of asset classes. Nonfarm Payroll futures and options are the first Economic Event products introduced by CME Group.

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What you need-to-know about Nonfarm Payroll Data

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Participation in the NFP market
Each month various organizations and analysts release employment situation forecasts in anticipation of the official Bureau of Labor Statistics Nonfarm Payroll number. These forecasts are developed by analyzing past behaviour or utilizing other methods to draw inferences for the next month's number, which has historically been known to result in significant forecast errors as shown in Impact of Economic Indicators (PDF)

Participation in the NFP market

Each month various organizations and analysts release employment situation forecasts in anticipation of the official Bureau of Labor Statistics Nonfarm Payroll number. These forecasts are developed by analyzing past behaviour or utilizing other methods to draw inferences for the next month's number, which has historically been known to result in significant forecast errors as shown in
Impact of Economic Indicators (PDF)

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