December 2019 private sector employment from ADP

ADP employment
  • Prior was +67K (revised to +124K)
  • Small business +69K vs +11K prior
  • Midsized business +88K vs +29K prior
  • Large business +45K vs +27K prior
  • Goods producing +29K vs -18K prior
  • Service providing +173K vs +85K prior

This is a strong report but be warned that the correlation with non-farm payrolls is small. All the focus is on geopolitics today so this had virtually no effect on markets.