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Global recovery watch: US vacancies

Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 05:05PM by Registered CommenterSimon Ward | CommentsPost a Comment

US job openings (i.e. vacancies) are released a month after the widely-followed employment report but are still useful because they tend to lead payrolls. Private-sector openings rose to a new recovery high in July, suggesting that the stall in private payrolls in August – partly due to the Verizon strike – will prove temporary.

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