Jolts: Number of job openings in the US falls to 6.866 million in March.

This Tuesday (5), the Department of Labor (DOL) from the United States released the report JoltsThe report shows that the number of job openings in the United States fell to 6.866 million in March. Analysts had expected 6.860 million. The document slightly revised upwards the number of job openings in February, from 6.882 million to 6.922 million. "The data interrupts the deterioration observed in February: the hiring rate of 3.5% significantly reverses the low of 3.1% recorded in the previous month, and the net hires-separations balance returned to positive territory at +176,000 — a sign that the labor market recovered its capacity for net job creation in March, after the worrying signal from February," explains the report. DA Economics.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.