Further projections from analysts at the bank:
- forecast for the unemployment rate is 4.1%
- average hourly earnings +0.5% m/m
- average weekly hours 34.8
The NFP is due on Friday 7 January 2022 at 0830am US ET (1330 GMT) . Consensus forecasts:
![nfp December 2021 forecasts](https://images.forexlive.com/images/nfp%20December%202021%20forecasts_id_b02ab7ef-b634-4c39-a7c3-32e300e6877d_size900.jpg)
This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
The times in the left-most column are GMT.
The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month) result.
The number in the column next to that, where is a number, is what is the consensus median expected.