ADP: U.S. weekly job additions have been strengthening for three consecutive weeks.

According to a report released by the American automatic data processing company on Tuesday, the average number of new job positions added in the United States was 10,250 per week in the four weeks leading up to January 31st. ADP pointed out that this is the third consecutive week of strength, with an average of 7,750 new jobs added in the previous week. ADP stated that these data are preliminary and might change.