Here's what 22 top Wall Street forecasters are predicting for Friday's jobs report

my forecast for non Farm Employment about 100k

My forecast is 200k+ .... they ll raise rate in December and that's where the trouble will start for the economy....

If the numbers today are any where south of last months, kiss a December rate hike goodbye. In the bigger picture of things, a weakened dollar is not a bad thing in the long term, as balance in the global economy especially in the Forex markets will trade on par. As speculators, it is always a good thing to be vigilant of any abrupt changes during this news release, to see how the market plays this out, and being on the sidelines is the safe bet imo. As other currencies are talking of a possible rate cut, any rate increase before 2016 will certainly be a game changer in the short term, but the projected .25 basis points in which the US will first try to get to, will not destabilize the global economy as most will be fearing, rather most markets will just adjust. That being said, my gut feeling on this is that, 2016 lift off seems to be a more prudent and safer bet, especially given BOE's, BOJ's, and ECB's, recent perspective on projected inflation growth.

my wish is for ambiguous, conflicting numbers that send the HFT algos on a path of chaos and destruction searching for stops, long red and green candles with a range of around -10% and +10% on the instruments that I trade, and then prices revert to were before NFP. this would provide the ideal opportunity to enter into a position at the price and direction that I have predetermined.

remember at last NFP, markets were wrong footed for about 30 minutes.

lol, not sure I share your anticipation. currencies only seem to be going one direction against the dollar. Happy Trading

They want dollar up, with a weak 180K forecast, gold will get destroyed with the slightest beat...any excuse to destroy gold and spike the USD

Even if the jobs number are 80K gain and 9% unemployment gold will spike the get pulveraized as usual, phuck gold I hate it because I'm a pathetic bag holder.

I cannot recall reading anything really positive about the US economy and all we see is how the Fed appears to be unable to raise interest rates; and of course how detrimental it will be to the US economy if it does.
Can someone explain then if it is to be such a cluster when interest rates rise; even if only a quarter point, then how come the Fed is actually considering it?
Or is there something else that I am not seeing and that there is going to be short and long term benefit to interest rate rise - or is it going to be short term pain for long term benefit; well for the US at least?
Thanks,

OMG, 22 (23) forcasters???

There aren't that many numbers on a dart board

Close your eyes and throw......

I see $ strengthening over coming weeks.
There you go, just one prediction.

Surely less confusing.....

no surprise they will revise last months numbers up

The Trendline is gone

and so is the Pound...