Given the fact that over 30 million Americans have filed for initial jobless claims in the last six weeks, it is perhaps no surprise that economists expected a 20.5 million ADP job loss in April. In fact, silver lining, the number ‘beat’ with 20.236 million. For context, the largest monthly job loss during the great […]
ADP Payroll Release: December Employment Jumps +202,000…
A new ADP Payroll Report shows job gains of 202,000 from November to December 2019 far surpassing expectations. The increase was the largest gain since April ’19: “largest gain since April, driven mainly by professional and business services. Job creation was strong across companies of all sizes, led predominantly by mid-sized companies.” The ADP National […]
ADP Employment Surges in August…
ADP reports that jobs growth rebounded for the second month in a row in August, up 195k (crushing expectations of a 148k rise and above the highest analyst estimate). Bloomberg – “In August we saw a rebound in private-sector employment,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. This is the […]
ADP Employment Jumps Most in 8 Months, Small Business Struggles…
Following September’s big disappointment in BLS data (95k below ADP’s print), October saw no relenting in ADP’s exuberance with a better than expected +227k (vs +187k exp). September’s +229k spike was revised down to +218k making October’s +227k print the best since February…
Private Payrolls Grow by 234k in January…
The new year got off to a strong start for job creation, with businesses adding 234,000 in January, according to a report Wednesday from ADP and Moody’s Analytics. Economists surveyed by Reuters had been looking for private payrolls to grow by 185,000. Job creation was concentrated largely in service-related industries, which contributed 212,000 to the […]
ADP Employment Disappoints – No Manufacturing Jobs Gained in June…
After jumping heroically in May, ADP reported a disappointing 158k employment gain in June (188k exp.) and revised May’s exuberance notably lower (253k to 230k). While ‘soft’ survey data suggests empoloyment should be resurging, the hard numbers are disappointing again. Medium-sized firms dominated the gains (+91k vs Small firms 17k and Large firms +50k).Perhaps most […]
ADP Is Reporting a Whopping 263k Jobs in Goods, Construction and Manufacturing Jobs…
After last month’s private payrolls scorcher, when ADP reported that a whopping 298K jobs were added, the biggest increase in 6 years on a record surge in good producing jobs, this morning ago the momentum continued when ADP reported that in March the US generated 263,000 jobs, smashing expectations of a 185,000 gain, and after […]
BOOM: US Adds Nearly 300,000 Jobs In February…
Trumps first months in office saw massive employment growth with US companies adding almost 300,000 jobs in February, exceeding economist expectations by 100,000. This includes over 60,000 construction jobs, over 30,000 manufacturing jobs, and nearly 10,000 mining jobs. ADP, a human resources firm, published the report. “February proved to be an incredibly strong month for […]