Breaking: US private sector adds 167,000 jobs in July vs. 1.5 million expected
|Employment in the US' private sector rose by 167,000 in July, the monthly data published by the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research Institue revealed on Wednesday. This reading came in much worse than the market expectation for an increase of 1.5 million.
Further details of the report revealed that June's reading of 2.36 million got revised up to 4.3 million.
Commenting on the data, “the labor market recovery slowed in the month of July,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. “We have seen the slowdown impact businesses across all sizes and sectors.”
Market reaction
The US Dollar Index edged lower with the initial reaction and was last seen losing 0.46% on a daily basis at 92.84.
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