The number of job openings fell in July and new hires remained at a low level, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The news follows a disappointing jobs report Friday that showed the economy adding just 169,000 jobs in August.
The number of job openings fell slightly from 3.87 million in June to 3.69 million in July, according to the BLS’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The number of new hires inched up from 4.32 million to 4.42 million.
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