Job creation at slowest pace since December

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The number of new job openings slowed during the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, and new vacancies are lower in August than anytime since December.

There were 5.4 million open job positions in August, the agency reported, down by nearly 400,000 from July.

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