US companies added 167,000 in July, badly missing economist forecasts, ADP says

· US private payrolls rose 167,000 in July, a Wednesday report from ADP showed.
· Economists had expected that private payrolls would rise by 1.2 million in July. 
· The report is a precursor to the US government's July nonfarm payrolls release, scheduled for Friday. 
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