Preview: Markets Focus on Tonight's U.S. February Unemployment Rate and Non-Farm Payrolls Data, Institution Forecasts Overview

Preview: Markets Focus on Tonight's U.S. February Unemployment Rate and Non-Farm Payrolls Data, Institution Forecasts Overview

2026-03-06 15:27

ChainThink News: On March 6, the U.S. February unemployment rate and nonfarm payroll data will be released at 21:30 (UTC+8). Forecasts from institutions for the U.S. February unemployment rate are as follows:


High Frequency Economics: +4.2%; ABN AMRO: +4.3%; ANZ Bank: +4.3%; Société Générale: +4.3%; Barclays: +4.3%; Berenberg: +4.3%; Bank of America: +4.3%; Commerzbank: +4.3%; Danske Bank: +4.3%; DKB: +4.3%; HSBC: +4.3%; Mizuho Bank: +4.3%; Moody's Analytics: +4.3%; Deutsche Bank: +4.3%; Nomura Securities: +4.3%; Oxford Economics: +4.3%; Crédit Agricole CIB: +4.3%; Jefferies Group: +4.3%; HVB: +4.3%; TD Securities: +4.3%; Unicredit: +4.3%; Wells Fargo: +4.3%; Morgan Stanley: +4.3%; Santander Bank: +4.3%; Standard Chartered: +4.3%; Westpac: +4.3%; DKB: +4.4%; Capital Economics: +4.4%; Lloyd's Bank: +4.4%; Goldman Sachs: +4.4%; ING: +4.4%; JPMorgan Chase: +4.4%; Pantheon Macroeconomics: +4.4%; Citigroup: +4.4%; Royal Bank of Canada: +4.4%; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation: +4.4%; Scotiabank: +4.4%; UBS Group: +4.4%; Reuters Forecast: +4.3%.


Institutional forecasts for U.S. February nonfarm payrolls are as follows:

High Frequency Economics: -0.9K; Scotiabank: +1.0K; ABN AMRO: +1.5K; Morgan Stanley: +2.5K; Pantheon Macroeconomics: +2.5K; Deutsche Bank: +3.0K; UBS Group: +3.0K; Oxford Economics: +3.5K; DKB: +4.0K; HSBC: +4.0K; Goldman Sachs: +4.5K; Wells Fargo: +4.5K; DKB: +5.0K; JPMorgan Chase: +5.0K; Moody's Analytics: +5.0K; ANZ Bank: +5.5K; Citigroup: +5.5K; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation: +5.5K; Crédit Agricole CIB: +5.5K; Monex Group: +6.0K; Commerzbank: +6.0K; Santander Bank: +6.0K; Société Générale: +6.5K; Bank of America: +6.5K; Royal Bank of Canada: +6.5K; Commerzbank: +7.0K; Danske Bank: +7.0K; ING: +7.0K; Standard Chartered: +7.0K; Jefferies: +7.5K; HVB: +7.5K; Capital Economics: +8.0K; Unicredit: +8.0K; Nomura Securities: +8.5K; Westpac: +8.5K; Berenberg: +9.0K; TD Securities: +9.0K; Mizuho Bank: +10.0K; DBS Bank: +12.5K; Reuters Forecast: +5.9K. (Jinshi)

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Disclaimer: Contains third-party opinions, does not constitute financial advice

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