Need help with NFP

I was just reading the news analysis forum and wanted to get a better understanding of the NFP.

From what I gather, there are two values that are released at news time. One is an actual report of last month's figures, while the other is an estimate of what next month's number will be.

My question is, which number is being awaited on for the release? is it both numbers or the actual numbers for the previous month? On the calendar I see 90k. is that 90k an estimate of this month's activity or was it the actual number for last month?

thanks.

The "actual" for current is released. The estimated figure is what seems to be the consensus. More often than not the figure will not be what is estimated. It will either be better or worse than expected. While I am new to this what I look for is for the market to react the "correct" way. That is if report was favourable or better than expected (say for example favourable to the USD) then I look for USD to gain strength vs any pair (GBP, EUR, JPY), and trade accordingly.