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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Private sector job growth slows sharply in July: ADP

The pace of U.S. private sector job growth slowed in July, perhaps as a result of the rising coronavirus infection rate. Private-sector employment rose 167,000 jobs in July, Automatic Data Processing Inc. reported Wednesday. The gain was well below forecasts from economists surveyed by Econoday who expected a gain of 1.9 million jobs. Job gains totaled 4.3 million in June and 3.3 million in May after a loss of 19.4 million in April, according to ADP data.

What happened: Goods producers added only 1,000 jobs last month, while services producers added 166,000.

By company size, there were private-sector-job gains in July of 63,000 at small employers, and 129,000 at large employers. Medium-sized employers lost 25,000 jobs.

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