US JOLTS job openings 8.184M vs 8000M

• Prior month 8.140M revised to 8.23M
• Job openings 8.184M. That is down -941,000 over the year. The job opening rate held at 4.9% in June
  • accommodations and food services +120K
  • state and local government excluding education +94K.
  • Durable goods manufacturing -88K
  • federal government -62K
• Vacancy rate of 4.9% versus 4.9% previously
• Quits rate 2.1% versus 2.1% previously (revised from 2.2%). The quits rate was down 434,000 over the year.
  • Construction -64k
  • state and local government education -55k
• separations rate 3.2% little change from last month
  • state and local government -51K.
  • Arts entertainment and recreation -39k
• Hires rate 3.6% at 5.3 million. Versus a year ago, the hires are down 554,000

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.