Private sector employers added an average 14,250 jobs per week over the past four weeks, according to new preliminary data being released by ADP, a turnaround from the negative September numbers.

Stepping into the void created by the government shutdown, ADP will now release a four-week average weekly change in employment with a two-week lag every Tuesday. Today's number is the four-week average ended Oct. 11.

"ADP's near real-time employment data, released weekly, will now provide an even clearer picture of the labor market at this critical time for the economy ... providing a dynamic view of job creation and loss at an unprecedented level of weekly detail," said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP.

This preliminary data will be different from the better-known and closely followed

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