This release offers insights into labor-market tightness by showing the number of job openings and hires, along with a breakdown of why employees left their jobs (quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations such as retirement).
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Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
2 Aug. 2026
But that’s not for another decade or so, and separations will likely continue rising until then.
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