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1. Job-search site Indeed: Elevated Job Openings Show Early Sign of a Pullback

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Tue Feb 1, 2022, 11:06 AM

Feb 2022

ECONOMY | U.S. ECONOMY

Elevated Job Openings Show Early Sign of a Pullback

Job-search site Indeed estimated a decrease in one million postings in the third week of January from a month ago

By Bryan Mena
bryan.mena@wsj.com
Feb. 1, 2022 5:30 am ET

Employers pulled back on demand for workers last month amid signs the economy was starting to cool as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 spread rapidly across the U.S., according to private-sector estimates of job openings.

There were 10.8 million job openings on Jan. 21, according to an analysis of postings by jobs site Indeed, a decrease of more than a million from its estimate for the end of December.

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Job openings rose to 10.925 million in December [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 OP

Job-search site Indeed: Elevated Job Openings Show Early Sign of a Pullback mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #1

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