NFP: Likely Improvement May Lead to End of QE, ZIRP

By the numbers: Consensus for monthly BLS payroll data are gains in the 200k level (survey forecasts 100,000 to 297,000). This follows an increase of 36,000 workers in January, with many blaming winter storms for depressing hiring. Expectations are for Unemployment to tick up from 9% to to 9.1% as more job seekers enter the [...]

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