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US Job Openings Rise to a Better-than-Expected 7 Million Despite Sluggish Labor Market
January job openings rose to 6.95 million, exceeding forecasts while hiring added only 22,000 jobs amid slower economic growth, Labor Department data show.
- The BLS said Friday that U.S. job openings rose to nearly 7 million in January, reaching 6.95 million, up from 6.55 million in December and exceeding economists' forecasts.
- BLS revisions to 2025 JOLTS data showed downward adjustments for nearly every month, reshaping the prior picture, while Commerce Department data revealed GDP growth slowed to 0.7% in the last three months of 2025.
- The job openings rate climbed to 4.2% from 4.0%, and the annual average openings level was 7.1 million, down 571,000 from 2024, while the hires rate remained at 3.3%.
- Last month employers cut 92,000 jobs even as layoffs and discharges dropped to 1.631 million in January and quits slipped modestly.
- In contrast to the March 2022 peak of 12.3 million job openings, the annual average rate of 4.3% in 2025 versus 4.6% in 2024 shows the job market is sputtering.
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U.S. job openings increased in January while layoffs declined and workers continued to quit jobs at a steady pace, suggesting labor demand remained solid even as hiring activity stayed relatively restrained. Employers posted 6.9 million job openings in January, up from 6.6 million in December and higher than economists’ expectations of about 6.75 million, according to the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey released Friday.…
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right6Center13Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Center
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- 47% of the sources are Center
47% Center
L 32%
C 47%
R 21%
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