Job openings surge to a record 6.3 million, Labor Department says

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CNBC - 3/16/2018 - Jeff Cox - Job openings in the U.S. surged to a record 6.3 million, according to the most recent count from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The number of new positions surged by 645,000 as of the end of January, a new high for the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The metric gets close attention from Federal Reserve policymakers when gauging the economy and the appropriate monetary policy response. Read more @ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/job-ope ... -says.html