By Alexander Bueso
Date: Tuesday 01 Feb 2022
(Sharecast News) - The number of job openings in the US increased a little at the end of 2021, even as hiring and voluntary separations dipped.
According to the US Department of Labor, job openings grew at a month-on-month pace of about 1.4% to reach 10.775m.
Hiring on the other hand decreased by 5.0% in comparison to January to approximately 6.26m and voluntary separations or so-called 'quits' declined by 3.6% to about 5.9m.
The quits rate, which measures voluntary separations as a proportion of the total number of separations in the economy, fell from 3.0% to 2.9%.
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