Global| Sep 06 2012ADP Reports Improved Job Gains
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Summary
Employment growth accelerated last month. August private sector payrolls rose 201,000 as reported by the payroll processor Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and economic consultants Macroeconomic Advisers. The gain was the strongest [...]
Employment growth accelerated last month. August private sector
payrolls rose 201,000 as reported by the payroll processor Automatic Data
Processing (ADP) and economic consultants Macroeconomic Advisers. The gain
was the strongest since March and it easily beat expectations for a 140,000
increase. The latest rise followed a 172,000 gain in July, initially
reported as 163,000.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will announce August payroll employment tomorrow. Economists expect a 145,000 worker increase in private sector jobs. By comparison, the July increase of 173,000 in ADP's measure of private nonfarm payrolls was accompanied by a 172,000 gain in the BLS measure of private sector jobs. According to ADP and Macro-Advisers, the correlation between the monthly percentage change in the ADP figure and the BLS data is 0.90. ADP compiles its estimate from its database of individual companies' payroll information. Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC, the St. Louis economic consulting firm, developed the methodology for transforming the raw data into an economic indicator.
Service producing payrolls rose 185,000 (2.1% y/y) last month, the strongest increase since December. Goods-producing payroll growth remained subdued at 16,000 (1.2% y/y). Factory sector jobs rose just 3,000 (0.7% y/y). Overall, small-sized payrolls again led last month's job growth with a 99,000 increase (2.2% y/y). Medium-sized payrolls followed with an 86,000 rise (2.2% y/y) while large payrolls advanced just 16,000 (0.9% y/y). Construction employment rose 10,000 and the number of financial activities jobs increased 8,000.
The ADP National Employment Report data is maintained in Haver's USECON database; historical figures date back to December 2000. The figures in this report cover only private sector jobs and exclude employment in the public sector. The ADP methodology is explained here. The expectations figures are available in Haver's AS1REPNA database.
Assessing State Business Climate Indexes from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco can be found here.
| ADP National Employment Report | Aug | Jul | Jun | Y/Y | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonfarm Private Payroll Employment (m/m Chg., 000s) | 201 | 173 | 173 | 2.0% | 1.4% | -1.0% | -4.1% |
| Small Payroll (1-49) | 99 | 77 | 90 | 2.2 | 1.4 | -0.9 | -4.1 |
| Medium Payroll (50-499) | 86 | 73 | 71 | 2.2 | 1.8 | -0.9 | -5.7 |
| Large Payroll (>500) | 16 | 23 | 12 | 0.9 | 0.4 | -1.8 | -5.6 |
| Goods Producing | 16 | 17 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -4.8 | -12.4 |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | -3.2 | -11.4 |
| Service Producing | 185 | 156 | 156 | 2.1 | 1.5 | -0.2 | -3.2 |
Tom Moeller
AuthorMore in Author Profile »Prior to joining Haver Analytics in 2000, Mr. Moeller worked as the Economist at Chancellor Capital Management from 1985 to 1999. There, he developed comprehensive economic forecasts and interpreted economic data for equity and fixed income portfolio managers. Also at Chancellor, Mr. Moeller worked as an equity analyst and was responsible for researching and rating companies in the economically sensitive automobile and housing industries for investment in Chancellor’s equity portfolio. Prior to joining Chancellor, Mr. Moeller was an Economist at Citibank from 1979 to 1984. He also analyzed pricing behavior in the metals industry for the Council on Wage and Price Stability in Washington, D.C. In 1999, Mr. Moeller received the award for most accurate forecast from the Forecasters' Club of New York. From 1990 to 1992 he was President of the New York Association for Business Economists. Mr. Moeller earned an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University, where he graduated in 1987. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from George Washington University.
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