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Unemployed workers per job opening falls to lowest level since 2001

By Joseph Lawler
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Unemployed workers per job opening falls to lowest level since 2001

By one measure, prospects for unemployed workers are as good as they have been since 2001.

There were just 1.3 jobless workers for every advertised job opening in November, the Department of Labor announced Tuesday, a level not seen before this year in 16 years. The ratio dipped below 1.4 in July and May.

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