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The indicator showing the number of work positions emerged for a month in the USA without account of farm positions is called Nonfarm Payrolls. Farming has too heavy season fluctuations, therefore, it was removed from structure of the present indicator to make the result smoother and more indicating. Payroll represents statement for accruing wages to American hired men. This information is submitted to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics which then published it in the monthly employment situation summary in the USA. This report is issued on the first Friday of each month, at 08:30 EST (New York). The information is collected by state agencies from more than 400 000 non-farm enterprises. It is almost 40% of all existing work positions in the country. This statistics includes new work places created in such branches as construction, transport, real estate, finance, mining industry, trade, services etc.

Popular article: Forex indicators: Force Index

According to A. Elder, 13 periods' Strength Index demonstrates dominating force on the market – bulls or bear - very well. With Force Index (13) above the middle line, bulls rule on the market, whereas FI is below the middle line, bears dominate. With FI dragging near middle line and crossing it a few times, it says about absence of market tendency. New maximum above middle line shows that ascending trend is confirmed. In this respect, a new lowest point below middle line speaks for descending tendency. When with growth or decline of price Force Index (13) starts giving decreasing extreme points – essentially, forming divergence/ convergence – it indicates that current trend loses its significance and a reversal is probable.

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