ADP Jumps To 176k

ADP Employment took a healthy leap upwards this morning to 176k. This was far better than expectations of only 100k, and also much higher than last month’s revised figure of 136k.

According to today‟s ADP National Employment Report, employment in the nonfarm private business sector rose 176,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis. Employment in the private, service-providing sector rose 160,000 in June, after rising a revised 137,000 in May. Employment in the private, goods-producing sector added 16,000 jobs in June, while manufacturing employment added 4,000, reversing Mays decline. Construction employment rose by 8,000 jobs, more than reversing the declines of the two previous months. The financial services sector added 11,000 jobs from May to June.

According to Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, “The gain in private employment is strong enough to suggest that the national unemployment rate may have declined in June. Todays estimate, if reinforced by a comparable reading on employment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics tomorrow, likely will ease concerns that the economy is heading into a downturn.”

Prakken added: “There seems little doubt that recent employment gains have been restrained by heightened uncertainty over the European financial crisis and by growing concerns about domestic fiscal policy. However, the acceleration of employment since April does lend credence to the argument that unseasonably warm weather boosted employment during the winter months, with a “payback” spread over April and May.”