The Latest Breaking News from Nela Richardson

“We’re tracking changes in real time—it’s as high-frequency as payroll data [can] get, and we have not seen this rosy picture for 2026 in the data,” ADP’s Nela Richardson says.

That’s the most since 2020—but then you have to go back to 2009 to find when companies let so many workers go.

A survey of 35,000 workers found more one in four 24-to-34-year-olds cared about their day-to-day happiness, compared with more than half of baby boomers.

A survey of 35,000 workers found more one in four 24-34-year-olds cared about their day-to-day happiness, compared with more than half of baby boomers.

Tentative signs have begun to emerge that the U.S. economy is cooling in a way that would be welcomed by the Federal Reserve’s inflation fighters: Companies are posting fewer available jobs, consumer spending has slipped and wage growth, while still healthy, is gradually slowing

US private sector hiring came in well above expectations last month, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday, with construction, financial services and manufacturing all contributing to the increase.

Layoffs climb sharply with last month’s rate the highest of any February since 2009 but expert says ‘job gains remain solid’

Private sector hiring in the United States slowed more than anticipated this month, according to data Wednesday from payroll firm ADP, following efforts to cool the world's biggest economy and tame inflation.

The US private sector added more jobs than anticipated in December, payroll firm ADP said Thursday, signaling a strong labor market could continue to support the economy despite higher interest rates.