- US JOLTS job openings continued to increase in January.
- The US Dollar Index remains in negative territory below 92.00 after the data.
The number of vacancies on the last business day of January was 6.9 million, announced Thursday the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its latest Job Vacancy and Turnover Summary (JOLTS) Thursday. This reading was better than the market expectation of 6.6 million.
“Hires changed little to 5.3 million, while total separations decreased to 5.3 million,” the publication read. “Within separations, the rate of resignations and the rate of layoffs and layoffs changed little to 2.3% and 1.2%, respectively.”
Market reaction
The US Dollar Index It largely ignored this report and was last seen shedding 0.14% on the day at 91.70.
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