ADP non-public nonfarm payroll (NFP) employment down -32K vs. +5K Bloomberg consensus. Mfg employment down 6K.
Determine 1: ADP non-public nonfarm payroll employment, November launch (daring black), ARIMA(1,1,1) forecast primarily based on 22M01-25M10 (purple), +/- 1 std error (grey), Bloomberg consensus of 12/3 (gentle blue sq.), all s.a. ARIMA estimated over 2022-2025M10 knowledge. Supply: ADP through FRED, Bloomberg, and creator’s calculations.
You are able to do an ocular regression to tease out the implications for the corresponding BLS collection (over 2022M01-25M09
Determine 2: ADP non-public nonfarm payroll employment, November launch (daring black), Bloomberg consensus of 12/3 (gentle blue sq.), BLS non-public nonfarm payroll employment (brown), all s.a. Supply: ADP through FRED, Bloomberg, and creator’s calculations.
The divergence between small and huge agency employment continues into November.
Determine 3: Cumulative change in ADP non-public nonfarm payroll employment for companies with lower than 500 staff (blue), for companies higher than 500 staff (tan), from 2025M01, all s.a. Supply: ADP through FRED, and creator’s calculations.
Whether or not this presages a recession because it did in 2008, or not (say due due differential results of deportations and removals, and/or tariffs for big vs. small companies) stays open.
