BLBG: ADP Says Companies in U.S. Added 200,000 Workers in September
Companies in the U.S. added 200,000 workers to payrolls in September, figures from the ADP Research Institute showed Wednesday.
The median forecast of 45 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for 190,000 advance, with estimates ranging from gains of 120,000 to 215,000. August payrolls were revised to an increase of 186,000 after a previously reported 190,000.
A Labor Department report on Friday is projected to show employers, including government agencies, took on 200,000 workers in September, while the jobless rate held at 5.1 percent, the lowest since April 2008.
