ECONODAY: There were 4.998 million job openings on the last business day of January, little changed from 4.877 million in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires decreased to 4.996 million in January from 5.239 million the prior month. Separations were little changed at 4.821 million versus 4.901 million in December. Within separations, the quits rate was little changed at 2.0 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 1.2 percent...
