Jolts: Number of job openings in the US rises to 7.271 million in July.

This Tuesday (1st), 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 rose to 7.271 million in July. Analysts had expected 7.330 million. The document revised downwards the number of job openings in June, which went from 7.359 million to 7.182 million. "The data set signals a simultaneous contraction of gross flows — hiring and separations declining by the same magnitude — on a stable stock of jobs, a typical configuration of a market with low turnover," the report assesses. DA Economics.

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