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US DATA PREVIEW: Traders are looking toward the week's end, as Friday brings the

August US nonfarm payroll employment report. The MNI poll of economists has a

180K median estimate for the jobs report, and 182K Aug. NFP private payrolls and

4.3% jobless rate.

- JPM economists said on August jobs that "as most labor market indicators

continue to look upbeat, we forecast a gain of 200,000 jobs in next week's

August employment report, with the unemployment rate steady at 4.3% and average

hourly earnings up 2.5% oya."

- Credit Suisse projects a +200K jobs gain, +190K private NFP gain, and 4.3%

jobless rate. 

- Amherst Pierpont's Stephen Stanley expects +170K Aug. jobs, 160K private NFP,

4.3% jobless.

- Mizuho Steven Ricchiuto: expects +175K Aug NFP, 4.4% jobless rate.  

- HSBC economists expect +180K Aug. jobs gain, 4.3% jobless rate 0.1%, avg hrly

earnings gain.