US: ADP private sector employment rises 296,000 in April vs. 148,000 expected

The data published by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) showed on Wednesday that private sector employment in the US rose by 296,000 in April. This reading followed the 142,000 (revised from 145,000) increase in March and surpassed the market expectation of 148,000 by a wide margin.

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