WASHINGTON: U.S. job openings rose to a four-year high in June, but a slowdown in hiring underscored recent weakness in the labor market that has been blamed on an uncertain economic outlook.
Job openings rose by 105,000 to 3.76 million in June, the highest since July 2008, the Labor Department said on Tuesday in its monthly "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey" report. But hires fell by 100,000 from May.
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