December 2015 US JOLTS 5.607m vs 5.400m exp

December 2015 US JOLTS data report 9 February 2016

  • Prior 5.431m. Revised to 5.346m
  • Hirings 5.361m vs 5.256m prior
  • Separations 5.072n vs 4.962m prior
  • Quits 3.055m vs 2.859m prior

Seen as Yellen's goto jobs number it produces a strong showing on last month. Quits rising is a good sign as that's an indicator of people switching jobs. That's one healthy signal of the jobs market. My only concern is that it all lags the NFP's

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