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ADP Employment Surprisingly Soft But Shouldn't Move Payrolls Dial

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  • ADP employment was softer than expected in March at 145k (cons 210k) with a small upward revision to Feb only marginally offsetting it (261k vs 242k prior).
  • The size of the miss shouldn’t materially change expectations of private payrolls (cons 220k) although that’s not how Treasuries are trading it (2YY -5bps since the data for -6.5bps on the day). Over the prior six months, ADP has undershot private payrolls by an average -77k, biased lower by the -267k of Jan (with ADP more heavily weather-distorted).
  • By industry, smallest businesses with 1-19 employees saw a second monthly increase after large declines through the winter whilst a previously large increase for the largest category (500+) was revised away and with only tepid growth in March.
  • “Pay growth, after a three-month plateau, is inching down”… “For job stayers, Y/Y gains fell to 6.9% from 7.2% in February. Pay growth for job changers was 14.2%, down from 14.4%”.

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