by Calculated Risk on 8/31/2011 08:15:00 AM

ADP reports:

Employment in the U.S. nonfarm private business sector rose 91,000 from July to August on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report® released today. The estimated advance in employment from June to July was revised down modestly to 109,000, from the initially reported 114,000.
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Employment in the service-providing sector rose by 80,000 in August, marking 20 consecutive months of employment gains. Employment in the goods-producing sector rose by 11,000 in August, up from a loss of 2,000 jobs last month. Manufacturing employment slipped 4,000 in August.

Note: ADP is private nonfarm employment only (no government jobs).

This was slightly below the consensus forecast of an increase of 100,000 private sector jobs in August. The BLS reports on Friday, and the consensus is for an increase of 67,000 payroll jobs in August, on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis.

Of course the ADP report has not been very useful in predicting the BLS report.