{"id":1004143513,"date":"2016-05-05T05:01:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004143513"},"modified":"2020-05-11T23:26:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T07:26:37","slug":"economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: Employment a Little Softer in April?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004143514\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/ADP-job-report.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004143514\" data-attachment-id=\"1004143514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\/adp-job-report\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/ADP-job-report.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"622,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Samantha Goldberg&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1462438494&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ADP job report\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Change in Nonfarm Private Employment (Credit: ADP National Employment Report, April 2016)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/ADP-job-report.jpg?w=622\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004143514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/ADP-job-report.jpg\" alt=\"Change in Nonfarm Private Employment (Credit: ADP National Employment Report, April 2016)\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/ADP-job-report.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/ADP-job-report.jpg?resize=300,163 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004143514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Change in Nonfarm Private Employment (Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adpemploymentreport.com\/2016\/April\/NER\/NER-April-2016.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ADP National Employment Report, April 2016<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the run-up to the official employment numbers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adpemploymentreport.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Automated Data Processing reported<\/a> on Wednesday that by its calculations, private sector employment increased by 156,000 jobs from March to April\u2014softer than in previous months. The company&#8217;s report, which is derived from ADP\u2019s payroll data, measures the change in total private employment each month, not using the more expansive BLS model that includes the public sector as well.<\/p>\n<p>According to ADP, goods-producing employment dropped by 11,000 jobs in April, but the construction industry added 14,000 jobs, and service-providing employment rose by 166,000 jobs. Also, manufacturing lost 13,000 jobs, presumably because of sluggish demand from overseas and the strong dollar. All together, the ADP report seems to be predicting a softer month for hiring, but on the other hand, ADP&#8217;s numbers are often at odds with those of the BLS.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate report on Wednesday, the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org\/ismreport\/nonmfgrob.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Non-Manufacturing ISM Report<\/a> On Business found that economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in April for the 75th consecutive month, according to the nation&#8217;s purchasing and supply executives. The Non-Manufacturing Index registered 55.7 percent in April, 1.2 percentage points higher than the March. This represents continued growth in the non-manufacturing sector, and at a slightly faster rate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The majority of the respondents\u2019 comments reflect optimism about the business climate and the direction of the economy,&#8221; noted Anthony Nieves, chair of the ISM&#8217;s Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, who penned the report. According to the index, 13 non-manufacturing industries reported growth in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent jobs reports are sending mixed messages on the growth in employment numbers for April. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004143514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004143513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Economy Watch: Employment a Little Softer in April? - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Economy Watch: Employment a Little Softer in April?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recent jobs reports are sending mixed messages on the growth in employment numbers for April.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-05T13:01:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-12T07:26:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/ADP-job-report.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"622\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"337\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"the Editors of Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"the Editors of Commercial Property Executive\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1b82b91678533ae5d40e3240086a42bb\"},\"headline\":\"Economy Watch: Employment a Little Softer in April?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-05T13:01:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-12T07:26:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/ADP-job-report.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"National\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/economy-watch-employment-a-little-softer-in-april\\\/\",\"name\":\"Economy Watch: Employment a Little Softer in April? 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