• US private employers added an average of 26K jobs per week in mid-March.
• Job gains gain extra momentum, building on the previous week’s gain.

Private-sector hiring in the US has added extra momentum in mid-March. According to the NER Pulse, the weekly companion to the ADP National Employment Report, companies added an average of 26K jobs per week in the four weeks ending March 14.

That marks a decent uptick from the prior reading, hinting that the recent improvement in hiring may be picking up pace again.