(Reuters) – Traders of short-term U.S. interest-rate futures on Friday pared bets the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in March, and now see a May start to rate cuts more likely after a government report showed U.S. job gains accelerated last month.
Traders had earlier priced in about a 60% chance of a March start to Fed rate cuts, but after the data pared that to just under 50%, with May now a more likely starting point.
(Reporting by Ann Saphir; editing by Christina Fincher)
