By Don Lee Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
10:12 a.m. CDT, September 6, 2012
A pair of fresh reports Thursday suggests that the national jobs statistics for August are likely to turn out brighter than forecast.
Automatic Data Processing, a payroll processing firm that tracks employment, said that by its measure, private-sector employers added 201,000 jobs last month -- the biggest gain in five months. ADP has missed big before, so its data shouldn't be taken as rock solid, but if its estimate is largely confirmed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, it would probably give Obama a good post-convention bounce.
