(Bloomberg) -- Job openings in the U.S. decreased in June fromthe highest level on record as hiring picked up.
The number of positions waiting to be filled declined by 108,000to 5.25 million from a revised 5.36 million in May that was themost since data began in 2000, a report from the Labor Departmentshowed Wednesday. The rate of hiring was the strongest thisyear.
The data signal employers are filling the vacancies they currently have beforeposting more, as they also wait for more evidence that the U.S. canweather any weakness that ripples from financial shocks abroad.
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