U.S. Job Openings Surge to 7.6 Million as Labor Market Defies Cooling Forecasts
U.S. job vacancies surged to 7.6 million in April, defying economist expectations of a cooling labor market and maintaining a tight ratio of 1.5 openings for every unemployed person. The Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released Wednesday, June 3,