The forecast for the forthcoming BLS report is that 156,000 jobs were added in February. The ADP employment report revealed that 77,000 nonfarm private jobs were added in February, the fewest amount since July.

Private sector employment increased by 77,000 jobs in February and annual pay was up 4.7 percent year-over-year, according to the February ADP® National Employment Report™ produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ("Stanford Lab").

U.S. businesses created just 77,000 new jobs in February, payroll company ADP said, in a sign the economy could be slowing as businesses weighed how to respond to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.