US: Job openings (6.2 million), hires, and separations little changed in July

"The number of job openings was little changed at 6.2 million on the last business day of July, the U.S.," Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday.

Key takeaways:

• Over the month, hires and separations were also little changed at 5.5 million and 5.3 million, respectively
• Within separations, the quits rate and the layoffs and discharges rate were little changed at 2.2 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively
• The job openings rate was 4.0 percent
• The number of job openings was little changed for total private and decreased for government (-58,000)