US Job Openings Rise to Six-Month High on Business Services
- November vacancies topped all estimates after upward revision
- Other industries showed more mixed demand for workers
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US job openings rose to a six-month high in November, boosted by a jump in business services while other industries showed more mixed demand for workers.
Available positions increased to 8.1 million from an upwardly revised 7.8 million in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as JOLTS, showed Tuesday. The figure exceeded all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists.