A report released by Automatic Data Processing Inc., Wednesday showed that private-sector jobs in the U.S. increased by 135,000 last month. Small businesses increased jobs by 58,000. Medium and large businesses increased jobs by 39,000 workers each. May?s figures fell short of estimates from economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires, which expected a gain of 170,000 private jobs. The report attributed the modest gains to tax increases and government spending cuts.
See "ADP report shows 135,000 new private-sector jobs", Kathleen Madigan, The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2013