U.S. private sector cuts 697,000 jobs in February

Burton Frierson
Reuters
March 4, 2009

[efoods]U.S. private sector job losses accelerated in February, according to a report by ADP Employer Services that suggests hefty employment declines are on the way in the government’s payrolls report due on Friday.

ADP said on Wednesday that private employers cut 697,000 jobs in February versus a revised 614,000 jobs lost in January. The January job cuts were originally reported at 522,000.

It was the biggest job loss since the report’s launch in 2001 and showed the misery of declining employment spreading broadly and evenly throughout the economy.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 1:26 pm

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