NEW YORK (BestGrowthStock) – U.S. private employers added 32,000 jobs in April, while revisions to previous data showed unexpected rises in February and March, according to a report by payrolls processor ADP Employer Services on Wednesday.
The March figure was revised to show a gain of 19,000 from an originally reported fall of 23,000. It also showed a rise of 3,000 for February after earlier reported losses, making February the first increase since January 2008.
For April, economists had expected the privately released ADP report to show a rise of 30,000 jobs, based on a Reuters poll of analysts.
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(Reporting by Burton Frierson; Editing by James Dalgleish)
Private sector adds 32,000 jobs in April