Estados Unidos Variação do Emprego Privado ADP

Private businesses in the US added 99K workers to their payrolls in August 2024, the lowest number since January 2021, following a downwardly revised 111K in July and well below forecasts of 145K. Figures showed the labor market continued to cool for the fifth straight month while wage growth was stable. The service-producing sector added 72K jobs, led by education/health services (29K); financial activities (18K); trade/transportation/utilities (14K); and leisure/hospitality (11K) while job losses occurred in professional/business services (-16K) and information (-4K). Meanwhile, the goods-producing sector added 27K jobs in construction (27K) and natural resources/mining (8K) while manufacturing shed 8K jobs. Year-over-year, pay gains were flat, remaining at 4.8% for job-stayers and 7.3% for job-changers. "The job market's downward drift brought us to slower-than-normal hiring after two years of outsized growth", said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP.