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US job openings inched lower last month to retreat only modestly from a record high, and vacancies still far outpaced new hires as employers struggled to bring back more sidelined workers.Though vacancies decreased in the latest survey, the data have been volatile and have yet to show a sustainable trend …

New weekly jobless claims are slightly higher than expected but still representing a new pandemic-era low, with the weekly rate of those rendered newly out of work coming closer to pre-coronavirus levels. The Labor Department released its jobless claims report Thursday. The main figures from the report refer to initial …