BUZZ-COMMENT-US jobs report sneaks onto dollar radar
Feb 5 (Reuters) - With the eyes of the foreign exchange world focused on tariff news from the White House, the monthly U.S. employment report is receiving less attention than it normally would.
That may change when the report is released on Friday at 1330 GMT, especially if January's non-farm payrolls number comes in much better or worse than expected.
The Reuters poll consensus forecast for January's NFP number is 170,000, to follow December's 256,000 - which was much higher than predicted.
Another NFP beat would be a boost for hawks, including Nomura, who expect the Fed to keep rates on hold through year-end - a prediction which could lift the dollar if it becomes the consensus view.
Whereas an NFP miss could get doves cooing for a Fed rate cut before June, to the detriment of the greenback.
On Tuesday, the USD was negatively impacted by the news that U.S. job openings fell by the most in 14 months in December, by 556,000 to 7.6 million.
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