Posts Categorized: JOLTS

Hiring and Separations

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The sixth-month moving average for Private hires nationally is up in September 2016 by 62,000 from September 2015.  The same comparison for Separations (quits, layoffs and others) sees a move of almost double: up by 132,000.     Both moving averages have been in a downtrend for the past several months.     Browse our… Read more » Read More

JOLTS vs Payroll Survey

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We compare and contrast the two surveys, looking for clues to the October “surge” in Payrolls. The new, September JOLTS data neither confirms nor denies. Read More

Job Openings at 3.6% (unch. ). Hiring at 3.5% (down 0.1% ).

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The number of job openings was little changed at 5.4 million on the last business day of May, the highest since the series began in December 2000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires was unchanged at 5.0 million in May and the number of separations was little changed at 4.7 million. Read More

Job Openings at 3.4% (down 0.1%), Hiring at 3.6% (unch.)

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There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of March, little changed from 5.1 million in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires were little changed at 5.1 million in March and separations were little changed at 5.0 million. Within separations, the quits rate was 2.0 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was 1.3 percent; both rates were little different from the previous month. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions.

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