SignalMacro

JOLTS: job openings little changed at 7.5M in September, quits rose to 3.4M while layoffs held at 1.6M. No clear crack in the labor data here, so this print does little to change the macro tape.

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Context

The BLS reports job openings of 7,079,000 in August 2026, a rate of 4.3%. The hires rate was 3.3%, the total separations rate 3.2%, the quits rate 1.9%, and the layoffs and discharges rate 1.0%, all preliminary.

What changed

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Why it matters

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Sources

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