US job openings decline more than expected in November
From msn.com
U.S. job openings fell more than expected in November while hiring eased, suggesting demand for labor continued to ebb amid economic uncertainty. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, dropped 303,000 to 7.146 million by the last day of November, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, on Wednesday. Data for October was revised down to show 7.449 million job openings instead of the previously reported 7.670 million. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 7.60 million unfilled jobs. Hiring dropped by 253,000 positions to 5.115 million ...
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