U.S. businesses created just 77,000 new jobs in February, payroll company ADP said, in a sign the economy could be slowing as ...

Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast a gain of 183,000. The ADP payroll estimate showed somewhat slower job creation compared to last year, but hiring was still pretty robust.

The ADP National Employment Report is an independent measure and high-frequency view of the private-sector labor market based on actual, anonymized payroll data of more than 25 million U.S. employees.

ADP is a global leader in human capital management, or HCM, solutions, offering payroll, workforce management, and HR services. Its customers, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterpri ...