US job openings pick up to 7.7 million

By Jarrell Dillard
Published 2 Min Read

A sign on a dirt road reads, "Now Hiring."
Bloomberg

US job openings picked up in October while layoffs eased, suggesting demand for workers is stabilizing.

Available positions increased to 7.74 million from a revised 7.37 million reading in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as JOLTS, showed Tuesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 7.52 million openings.

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