21 Jan 2020 The Drop in Job Openings is Old News, Hard Data are Outperforming

Ian Shepherdson (Chief Economist and Founder)20th Jan 2020 18:20U.S., Economic Monitor

Just as we turned more positive on the labor market, following three straight months of payroll gains outstripping the message from an array of surveys, the Labor Department's JOLTS report shows that the number of job openings plunged in November.

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