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- ADP Private Payrolls at 198k vs 170k Consensus
- January Payrolls revised from 192k to 215k
- 198k payrolls is highest initial print since February 2012
- Market Reaction: 2 ticks lower in Fannie 3.0s, 1.5bps higher in 10yr Treasuries as of 8:21am

Private sector employment increased by 198,000 jobs from January to February, according to the February ADP National Employment Report®, which is produced by ADP®, a leading provider of human capital management solutions, in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP’s actual payroll data, measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month on a seasonally-adjusted basis. The January 2013 report, which reported job gains of 192,000, was revised upward by 23,000 to 215,000 jobs.

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