US job openings rise to 8 million as labor market remains sturdy

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Labor Department stated that job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the labor market continued to show resilience.

Employers posted eight million vacancies in August, up from 7.7 million in July, even though economists were expecting virtually unchanged openings. There were job openings in construction and state and local government.

Although layoffs dropped in August, the