Joshua Feinman, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Asset Management, noted that the Labor Department payroll report indicated fewer hours worked and no signs of an upward trend in wages.

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The actual result was even worse, as the Labor Department reported no payroll gains at all for the weakest monthly result since September 2010, when employment fell.

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As markets digest the positive surprise provided by the ADP employment numbers, which showed that 217, 000 private sector jobs were added to the economy ahead of the all-important non-farm payroll report by the Labor Department on Friday, planned layoffs reached an 11-month high on February, with the number increasing for a second consecutive month, giving investors reasons to be concerned.

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On Friday, the Labor Department announced that employers expanded their payroll by 110, 000 in September, the biggest one-month gain since May, and a higher figure than analysts had expected.

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That proposal was signed into law on a bipartisan basis as part of the February extension of the payroll tax cut, and is being implemented today through guidance released by the Labor Department.

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The Labor Department said Friday morning that nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 4, 000 in August.

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Prepare yourselves for Friday when the Department of Labor releases its nonfarm payroll figures.

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Job growth sank to the lowest levels since the third quarter of 2003, according to the U.S. Labor Department's payroll survey.

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