Uh oh. Is the new BLS person going to be shown the door too?

[berg80]

Job opening data falls to levels rarely seen since pandemic​

Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover report showed around 7.18 million listings in July, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. That’s only the second reading under the 7.2 million level since the end of 2020.

Wednesday’s print was the lowest since September 2024, when just over 7.1 million openings were reported. Outside of that blip lower last year, these job opening levels were last seen when the pandemic was causing an upheaval of the U.S. economy and labor force.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/job-opening-data-falls-to-levels-rarely-seen-since-pandemic.html

It must be hard to find someone to report numbers Don likes. He may have to break out the Sharpie.

 

[Mac1958]

Yeah, somebody's gettin' fired.

 

[TemplarKormac]

One of two things: Employers can't afford to hire, or employers have filled most of their requisite positions.

You people and your need to find anything ulterior behind something.

 

[candycorn]

Job opening data falls to levels rarely seen since pandemic​

Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover report showed around 7.18 million listings in July, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. That’s only the second reading under the 7.2 million level since the end of 2020.

Wednesday’s print was the lowest since September 2024, when just over 7.1 million openings were reported. Outside of that blip lower last year, these job opening levels were last seen when the pandemic was causing an upheaval of the U.S. economy and labor force.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/job-opening-data-falls-to-levels-rarely-seen-since-pandemic.html

It must be hard to find someone to report numbers Don likes. He may have to break out the Sharpie.

Brezhnev did the same thing in dismissing anyone who brought him bad news...coincidence? I think not.

 

[MarcATL]

Yeah, somebody's gettin' fired.

Actually, people have been getting fired since Trump came back on the scene in the Office.

 

[Mac1958]

Actually, people have been getting fired since Trump came back on the scene in the Office.

 

[berg80]

One of two things: Employers can't afford to hire, or employers have filled most of their requisite positions.

You people and your need to find anything ulterior behind something.

I'm not suggesting anything untoward about the numbers. Which is the point. They stink. You'd think they'd be better considering his Most Magnificent and Glorious Leader of the greatest economy the world has ever known is at the helm.

 

[excalibur]

Job opening data falls to levels rarely seen since pandemic​

Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover report showed around 7.18 million listings in July, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. That’s only the second reading under the 7.2 million level since the end of 2020.

Wednesday’s print was the lowest since September 2024, when just over 7.1 million openings were reported. Outside of that blip lower last year, these job opening levels were last seen when the pandemic was causing an upheaval of the U.S. economy and labor force.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/job-opening-data-falls-to-levels-rarely-seen-since-pandemic.html

It must be hard to find someone to report numbers Don likes. He may have to break out the Sharpie.

I don't believe you comprehend the actual meaning of those numbers.

 

[berg80]

I don't believe you comprehend the actual meaning of those numbers.

“This is a turning point for the labor market,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “It’s yet another crack.”

“This is yet another data point underscoring how this job market is frozen and it’s difficult for anyone to get a job right now,” Long added.

Tariff uncertainty has paused the economy.

 

[Marener]

One of two things: Employers can't afford to hire, or employers have filled most of their requisite positions.

You people and your need to find anything ulterior behind something.

Sounds like businesses aren’t growing and expanding.

 

[berg80]

Sounds like businesses aren’t growing and expanding.

Wait........they must be........the greatest businessman to ever live is driving the bus. The tariffs are an economic miracle. Polluting the environment is great for the bottom line. Deficit spending is stimulative. Look at all those tailwinds.

 

[TemplarKormac]

I'm not suggesting anything untoward about the numbers. Which is the point. They stink. You'd think they'd be better considering his Most Magnificent and Glorious Leader of the greatest economy the world has ever known is at the helm.

Please refrain from lying to me--- or being sarcastic for that matter. You excel at neither.

The numbers are numbers, but even a chimp can wear human clothing.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Brezhnev did the same thing in dismissing anyone who brought him bad news...coincidence? I think not.

There's a difference between those who actually have bad news and those who engineer it.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Sounds like businesses aren’t growing and expanding.

Not all of them need to.

 

[Marener]

Not all of them need to.

No one said anything about “all”. We are talking in aggregate.

 

[buckeye]

It must be hard to find someone to report numbers Don likes

At least they're telling it like it is unlike Biden's liars who massaged for the Dementia Patient.

How many months did Biden's autopen lie its metal ass off about jobs created and have to retract them?

I seem to recall 10 out of 12 months in 2023 or something like that. Just asked AI....1.18 million jobs were falsely reported under Biden for the year ending March, 2024.

Democrats love to accuse others of what they're doing.

 

[buckeye]

I'm not suggesting anything untoward about the numbers. Which is the point. They stink. You'd think they'd be better considering his Most Magnificent and Glorious Leader of the greatest economy the world has ever known is at the helm.

The Feds are no longer hiring like maniacs for jobs they don't have.

I voted for that.

 

[Marener]

Democrats love to accuse others of what they're doing.

You’re incapable of thinking about things without involving your politics, but that doesn’t mean everyone else is similarly afflicted with terminal partisanship.

 

[Conservative from Georgia]

Job opening data falls to levels rarely seen since pandemic​

Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover report showed around 7.18 million listings in July, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. That’s only the second reading under the 7.2 million level since the end of 2020.

Wednesday’s print was the lowest since September 2024, when just over 7.1 million openings were reported. Outside of that blip lower last year, these job opening levels were last seen when the pandemic was causing an upheaval of the U.S. economy and labor force.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/job-opening-data-falls-to-levels-rarely-seen-since-pandemic.html

It must be hard to find someone to report numbers Don likes. He may have to break out the Sharpie.

MAGAs don’t want to take the illegal immigrants’ jobs?

 

[ColonelAngus]

I thought BLS meant something else when I read the title.