Employers in the United States created a near record of 9.2 million job openings in May, almost matching the all-time peak of April, the US Labor Department said in a report on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th July, 2021) Employers in the United States created a near record of 9.2 million job openings in May, almost matching the all-time peak of April, the US Labor Department said in a report on Wednesday.
"The number of job openings was little changed at 9.2 million on the last business day of May," the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the Labor Department, said in the report.
Some 6 percent of job openings in May were newly posted, the same amount as April, the report said.
"The layoffs and discharges rate, while little changed over the month, hit a series low of 0.9 percent," it added.
The Federal Reserve has forecast a 6.5 percent economic growth for all of 2021 although Chairman Jerome Powell has said he does not expect "full employment" - defined by a monthly unemployment rate of 4.0 percent or lower - to occur anytime soon. In June, the unemployment rate stood at 5.9 percent.