- Employment openings totaled 9.58 million for June, edging lower from the downwardly revised 9.62 million in May, according to the Labor Department’s JOLTS report.
- Layoffs nudged down to 1.53 million, after totaling 1.55 million in May.
- Quits also fell noticeably, falling by nearly 300,000 or 0.2 percentage point.
- A separate report showed that the manufacturing sector was still in contraction during July. The ISM Manufacturing Index registered a reading of 46.4, below the 50 level representing expansion.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/01/jolts-june-2023-job-openings-layoffs-both-declined-in-a-positive-sign-for-the-labor-market.html