USA: Employment growth slows

9 years ago - Published in Finance, Fundamental Analysis

It slows up employment in the private sector excluding agriculture in the United States. In April, there was an increase of 156 thousand units, against 194,000 units in March (the preliminary figure was 2,145,000). Growth was well below market expectations, which were for an increase of 196 thousand units.

The figure was announced by Automated Data Processing (ADP), which each month publishes this report on the labor market on the basis of the aggregate data received from the private sector. This report precedes the official of the Department of Labour, which will be published Friday.