For the 4th month in a row (thanks to revisions revisions revisions), ADP Employment beat expectations. At 241k in December (above the 225k exp.) this is the highest print since June's peak (and occurs as both manufacturing and services PMIs showed faltering unemployment sub-indices). Small business appeared to add the most positions (less than 49 employees) as large businesses added the least with Services-producing firms dominant (even as Services PMI has plunged for 6 straight months). Will "good" news be bad news?
Up, yp, and away...
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Which all makes perfect sense...
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Charts: Bloomberg
