A first look at November hiring shows the private sector lost 32,000 jobs

(CNN) — Small businesses are starting to crack amid a weakening economy, rising costs and fickle consumers; and they drove job losses in the US private sector in November, payroll giant ADP reported Wednesday.

ADP’s latest monthly look at private-sector employment showed that about 32,000 jobs were lost last month, marking a drop-off from the upwardly revised 47,000 jobs gained in October.

ADP’s reports have gained in prominence in recent weeks as the longest shutdown in US history stifled statistical agencies’ abilities to collect, analyze and release economic data .

The November jobs report, originally slated for release on Friday, is delayed until December 16 . It also will include partial data from October, a month where a full jobs report was nixed.

As such, Wednesday ADP dat