Attendees and recruiters at the City Career Expo Recruitment event in Sacramento, California, USA on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday that job vacancies increased in January, a sign of stability as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday about issues of labour market stability.
this Investigation on Vacancy and Artificial Loss It shows that posts this month rose to 7.74 million, up 232,000 from December, slightly higher than Dow Jones’ estimated 7.6 million. Statistics retained the vacancies ratio of available workers of about 1.1 to 1.
Most of the revenue comes from the retail industry, with retail prices increasing by 143,000 available positions, while financials increasing by 122,000. Professional and commercial services fell by 122,000, and leisure and hospitality fell by 46,000.
Resignation is a measure of workers’ confidence in transferring other job abilities, increasing to 3.27 million, an increase of 171,000.
When job openings increase, hiring and layoffs are basically flat. Action to improve the federal government’s workforce by the newly formed Government Efficiency Advisory Committee, Elon MuskNot captured in January data.
“At present, the labor market remains stable,” said Julia Pollak, chief economist at Ziprecruiter. “The February report may be very different: federal vacancies will be invested, exits will soar, and layoffs may eventually start to rise. In other words, today is calm, but turbulence is moving forward.”
The shock data provided some positive news for the labor market, otherwise it showed signs of softening. Non-agricultural wages February earnings are well below market expectations, a recent survey by Challenger, Gray and Christmas suggests Layout announcements surge In this month.
Recently, job review site Glassdoor found that employee confidence was the lowest in the company’s history of surveys, dating back to 2016.
Federal Reserve officials believe the shock report reports an important indicator of slack in labor markets. The central bank is expected to fix its main loan interest rates between 4.25% and 4.5% when it meets next week.
