The following are the expectations for the US February jobs report by the economists at Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Nomura, and other leading banks GS: US Non-Farm Payrolls: 125K, US Unemployment Rate: 6.5%. BofA: We expect another sluggish jobs report in February with nonfarm payroll growth of 115,000. We forecast the unemployment rate to hold steady at 6.6%, but see risk of a decline from falling labor force participation. Barclays: After two months of soft payroll growth, we expect the headline NFP to grow by 150K and the unemployment rate to edge lower to 6.5% (consensus: 150K, ... (full story)