Joel Prakken
U.S. added more jobs than expected in January, says ADPPosted by RJ and Makay on Feb 02, 2011 |
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Employment gains last month handily beat forecasts, suggest job figures just released by ADP Employer Services. According to ADP, private employers in the U.S. added 187,000 jobs in January — 47,000 more than the 140,000 economists expected. The ADP report is based on data from about 340,000 businesses employing more than 21 million workers.
ADP's findings are likely to conflict with a pending U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) report, however. The DOL report, due out in two days, is expected to show the U.S. actually did add about 140,000 new jobs in January and that unemployment rose to 9.5%.
