‘Not dire, not amazing, more meh’: Job market cools as quits plummet in stagnant labor picture
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So far this year, the economy has been generating 130,000 jobs a month, down from 168,000 last year and an average 400,000 a month from 2021 through 2023.
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Economy·Labor‘Not dire, not amazing, more meh’: Job market cools as quits plummet in stagnant labor pictureBy Paul WisemanBy The Associated PressBy Paul WisemanBy The Associated Press Help
Moreover, HuhEmployers posted 7, in this volatile climate. 4 million job vacancies last month, a sign that the American job market continues to cool (this bears monitoring)
The Labor Department reported Tuesday that job openings in June were down from 7
Moreover, 7 million in May and were what forecasters had expected
What the re reveals is Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that layoffs were little changed in June
In contrast, But the number of people quitting their jobs — a sign of confidence in their spects elsewhere — dropped last month to the lowest level since December
Hiring also fell from May
Posting on Bluesky, Glassdoor economist Daniel Zhao wrote that the report “shows softer figures with hires and quits rates still sluggish
Not dire, not amazing, more meh, in today's financial world
However, Job market has lost momentum this year, partly because of the lingering effects of 11 interest rate hikes by the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve in 2022 and 2023 and partly because President Donald Trump’s trade wars have created uncertainty that is paralyzing managers making hiring decisions
On Friday, the Labor Department will put out unemployment and hiring numbers for July
They're expected to show that the unemployment rate ticked up to a still-low 4. 2% in July from 4. 1% in June
Es, government agencies and nonfits are expected to have added 115,000 jobs in July, down from 147,000 in June, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet
What the data shows is seemingly decent June hiring numbers were weaker than they appeared (remarkable data)
Private payrolls rose just 74,000 in June, fewest since last October when hurricanes disrupted job sites
On the other hand, And state and local governments added nearly 64,000 education jobs in June – a total that economists suspect was inflated by seasonal quirks around the end of the school year, in this volatile climate
So far this year, the economy has been generating 130,000 jobs a month, down from 168,000 last year and an average 400,000 a month from 2021 through 2023 during the recovery from COVID-19 lockdowns
Employers are less ly to hire, but they’re also not letting workers go either
However, Layoffs remain below pre-pandemic levels
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