by Calculated Risk on 4/05/2023 08:19:00 AM

From ADP: ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 242,000 Jobs in February; Annual Pay was Up 7.2%

Private sector employment increased by 145,000 jobs in March and annual pay was up 6.9 percent year-over-year, according to the March ADP® National Employment ReportTM produced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab (“Stanford Lab”)
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“Our March payroll data is one of several signals that the economy is slowing,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. “Employers are pulling back from a year of strong hiring and pay growth, after a three-month plateau, is inching down.”
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This was below the consensus forecast of 200,000. The BLS report will be released Friday, and the consensus is for 240 thousand non-farm payroll jobs added in March.