WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings edged higher in May and hiring dipped, a sign that the economy could still be struggling with labor shortages.
Job openings, a measure of labor demand, were up slightly to 9.2 million on the last day of May, the Labor Department said in its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, on Wednesday.
Hiring also dipped to 5.9 million in May from 6.0 million in the prior month. The government reported last Friday that job growth accelerated in June as U.S. companies hired the most workers in 10 months.
(Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir; Editing by Andrea Ricci)
