May Challenger Layoffs and May ADP Employment Preview
Challenger Layoffs were 90k in April, while ADP Employment rose 10k. ADP’s measure is projected at to decrease 30K in May. There is no consensus estimate for May Challenger Layoffs.
While these 2 numbers may offer some insight into the Nonfarm Payrolls data coming on Friday, there is not always a significant correlation between the weekly and monthly numbers.