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(NFP) - Nonfarm payroll, is a monthly report generated and reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics intended to represent the total number of paid U.S. workers of any business. Despite the name nonfarm payroll, the report excludes workers from general government jobs, private household jobs, employees of nonprofit organizations and farm employees.

The report is considered to be the month’s most important economic data that is coming out of the USA. The report usually brings big impacts to the markets, especially the Forex, Stocks and commodities markets.

(GDP) - Gross domestic product is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period. Though GDP is usually calculated on an annual basis, it can be calculated on a quarterly basis as well. GDP includes all private and public consumption, government outlays, investments and exports minus imports that occur within a defined territory.

Leverage is the use of various financial instruments or borrowed capital, such as margin, to increase the potential return of an investment.

A bull market is a financial market of a group of securities (assets), in which prices are rising or are expected to rise. The term "bull market" is most often used to refer to the stock market, but can be applied to anything that is traded, such as bonds, currencies and commodities. The sentiment in a “bull market” is usually positive.

A market condition in which the prices of securities are falling, and widespread pessimism causes the negative sentiment to be self-sustaining. As investors anticipate losses in a bear market and selling continues, pessimism only grows.

An asset is a resource with economic value that an individual, corporation or country owns or controls with the expectation that it will provide future benefit. An asset could be a stock such as “Apple” for example, a Commodity such as “Silver” or a currency such as “EUR”.