Preview: Market focus on tonight's US February unemployment rate and non-farm payroll data; institutional outlook overview.

According to ME News, the US February unemployment rate and non-farm payroll data will be released at 21:30 (UTC+8) tonight, March 6th. The following are the institutional forecasts for the US February unemployment rate: High Frequency Economics: +4.2%; ABN AMRO: +4.3%; ANZ: +4.3%; BNP Paribas: +4.3%; Barclays: +4.3%; Berenberg: +4.3%; Bank of America: +4.3%; Union Bank: +4.3%; Commerzbank: +4.3%; Danske Bank: +4.3%; DekaBank: +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%; Societe Generale: +4.3%; Jefferies Group: +4.3%; Hellebaut Bank: + 4.3%; TD Securities: +4.3%; UniCredit: +4.3%; Wells Fargo: +4.3%; Morgan Stanley: +4.3%; Santander: +4.3%; Standard Chartered: +4.3%; Westpac: +4.3%; CIMB Bank: +4.4%; Capital Economics: +4.4%; Lloyds Banking Group: +4.4%; Goldman Sachs: +4.4%; ING: +4.4%; JPMorgan Chase: +4.4%; Pansen Macro: +4.4%; Citigroup: +4.4%; RBC Capital Markets: +4.4%; Sumitomo Mitsui: +4.4%; Scotiabank: +4.4%; UBS: +4.4%; Reuters forecast: +4.3%. The following are institutional forecasts for the US February non-farm payroll data: High Frequency Economics: -0.9 million; Scotiabank: +1.0 million; ABN AMRO: +1.5 million; Morgan Stanley: +2.5 million; Pansen Macro: +2.5 million; Deutsche Bank: +3.0 million; UBS: +3.0 million; Oxford Economics: +3.5 million; CIBC: +4.0 million; HSBC: +4.0 million; Goldman Sachs: +4.5 million; Wells Fargo: +4.5 million; DekaBank: +5.0 million; JPMorgan Chase: +5.0 million; Moody's Analytics: +5.0 million; ANZ: +5.5 million; Citigroup: +5.5 million; Sumitomo Mitsui: +5.5 million; Societe Generale: +5.5 million; Monex Group: +6.0 million; Commerzbank: +6.0 million; Santander: +6.0 million; BNP Paribas: +6.5 million. 10,000; Bank of America: +65,000; RBC: +65,000; Union Bank: +70,000; Danske Bank: +70,000; ING: +70,000; Standard Chartered: +70,000; Jefferies: +75,000; Heleba Bank: +75,000; Capital Economics: +80,000; UniCredit: +80,000; Nomura Securities: +85,000; Westpac: +85,000; Berenberg: +90,000; TD Securities: +90,000; Mizuho Bank: +100,000; DBS Bank: +125,000; Reuters forecast: +59,000. (Golden Ten) (Source: ME)