ADP reports that US private employers added an average of 8,000 jobs per week in the four weeks ending Dec 27th, down from 11,250 in the four weeks to Dec 20th.

• ADP's Pulse data point fell to 8,000 in the four weeks to Dec 27th, the lowest since the week of Nov 22nd, potentially pointing to a new weakening trend in hiring.
• In another show of softness, the last two weekly data points were revised down: Week of Dec 13th revised down from 11,000 to 10,250, week of Dec 20th revised down from 11,750 to 11,250.