• Automatic Data Processing, the company that processes millions of corporate payrolls, Thursday counted the U.S. as having added 163,000 jobs last month.
• Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor came up with the same number for new nonfarm jobs on U.S. payrolls.
• The number was more than what surveyed economists had predicted for last m onth.

From the report:

The U.S. private sector added 163,000 jobs in July, Automatic Data Processing said in its latest ADP National Employment Report. ...