Definition of "nonfarm" []

• Concerned with the economic activities of all businesses except agricultural ones (adjective)

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• "From the graph it appears that every other NBER-declared recession was accompanied by a fall in nonfarm payrolls of at least 2% (and many greater than that)."
• "“The 63,000 decline in nonfarm pay-rolls in February is near-conclus-ive proof that the economy is now in recession.”"
• "The land market is so strong that recent years have seen the rise of the so-called nonfarm investor, or the outside buyers who some consider speculators."