By NBC News staff and wire reports
The nation's businesses hired more people than expected last month, according to a survey released Thursday that could augur well for Friday's crucial employment report.
Payrolls processor ADP reported that the private sector added 201,000 jobs in August, versus economists' expectations of 140,000 new jobs. August's figure was the highest since March, when the economy's job creating engine was moving at a faster pace before dropping into lower gear in the summer.
July's figure from the ADP National Employment Report was revised up to 173,000 from the previously reported 163,000.
The U.S. government will deliver the much more comprehensive August payrolls report on Friday, for which economists expect payrolls growth to have dipped from July.
The jobless rate was high at 8.3 percent in July, causing deep concern at the Federal Reserve, which aims for maximum employment and which could ease policy even more at a meeting next week.
"The gain in private employment in August is strong enough to suggest that the national unemployment rate may have declined," Joel Prakken, Macroeconomic Advisers chairman, said in a statement.
"Today's estimate, if matched by a similar reading on employment from the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) on Friday, will alleviate concerns that the economy has slipped into a downturn," he said.
Economists often refer to the ADP report to fine-tune their expectations for the highly anticipated payrolls numbers, though it is not always accurate in predicting the outcome.
The report is jointly developed with Macroeconomic Advisers LLC.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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