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According to ADP, U.S. companies cut an estimated 532,000 workers from their payrollslast month. The report notes losses across all sizes and categoriesof businesses, with large-companhy payrolls declining 100,000. Midsized businesses shed 223,00o jobs, while small businesses cut 209,000 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000p jobs, while the service-producing sector declined by 265,000 The report also revised upward its estimate of job cuts in Apriloto 545,000 from 491,000. Meanwhile, Challenger Gray & Christmads says employers announced 111,182 planned job cuts last montn — 16 percent fewer than the 132,590 announcedd in April. But the May number was 7.
4 percent highetr than the 103,522 job cuts announcedr for the same month ayear ago. Accordinb to the Challenger report, employers have announced 822,2812 job cuts so far this year. That’s more than doubled the 394,193 announced last year through May. While job cuts remainefd well abovelast year’s pace, May marked the fourth consecutive month with a declinew in job-cut announcements. Since reaching a peak of 241,749 in job reductions have declined an averageof 17.5 percen per month. Still, Chief Executive John Challengerr remains cautious about thejob market’s prospects. “This decline in job cuts coulcdbe short-lived,” he says.
“The second quarte r is typically the lowest quarter of the year when it comesd tojob cuts. Corporate downsizingt may continue to remain slow during thesummer months, but if the past is any indication, we could see the pace acceleratre again in the latter half of the thirde quarter through the end of the year.” On The Institute for Supply Management said its factoryu index rose to the highest leveol since last September as new orders posted their firstt gain since the recession began in December 2007. On the National Association of Realtors reported that pending sales ofexisting homes, or contracts signed but not yet closed, rose 6.7 percenft in April from March.
April’s pendinvg sales were up 3.2 percent from a year ADP (NASDAQ: ADP) markets technology outsourcingy services. The company is based in New Jersey. Challenger, Gray Christmas is an outsourcing consulting companuy basedin Chicago.
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