US August JOLTS job openings 6493K vs 6500K expected

August job openings from the Fed survey

August job openings
  • Prior was 6618K
  • Hiring rate 4.2% vs 4.2% prior
  • Separations 3.3% vs 3.6% prior
  • Quits 2.0% v 2.1% prior
  • Layoffs 1.0% vs 1.3% prior

This is a lagging indicator but the chart is beginning to look like others where there's a v-shaped recovery that doesn't get back to the old highs and then flattens out.

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