238,000 Jobs in U.S.

“Companies added more workers than projected in December as U.S. employers grew more optimistic about the prospects for demand, a private report based on payrolls showed today.

The 238,000 increase in employment was the biggest since November 2012 and followed a revised 229,000 gain in November that was stronger than initially estimated, according to the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey. The December tally exceeded the most optimistic forecast in a Bloomberg survey in which the median projection called for a 200,000 advance”.

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Michelle JamriskoJan, 2014, Blooberg,“Companies in U.S. Added 238,000 Jobs in December, ADP Says” retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/adp-says-companies-in-u-s-added-238-000-workers-in-december.html#!

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