(Bloomberg) — Companies in the U.S. added 190,000 workers to payrolls in August, figures from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey, showed Wednesday.
The median forecast of 45 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 200,000 advance, with estimates ranging from gains of 160,000 to 230,000. The July reading was revised to 177,000 from a previously reported 185,000 increase.
"Recent global financial market turmoil has not slowed the U.S. job market, at least not yet," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics Inc., said in a statement. Moody's produces the figures with ADP. "Job growth remains strong and broad- based, except in the energy industry."
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