** FILE ** In this March 20, 2009, file photo, a group of job applicants arrives at the CUNY Big Apple Job Fair in New York. Some slivers of hopes about the economy helped Americans’ feelings about the economy hold steady in March, after plummeting to historic lows in February. Americans are still gloomy about their future, given mounting layoffs and shrinking earnings. (AP File Photo/Mark Lennihan)Private-sector employment decreased by 742,000 in March, according to a report Wednesday by Automatic Data Processing Inc.
The Roseland, N.J.-based company said its National Employment Report, in partnership with Macroeconomic Advisers LLC, is derived from payroll data and measures the change in total non-farm private employment each month.
The report was released about an hour before Wall Street opened and is expected to result in a drop in U.S. stock prices as the second quarter begins.
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