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US JOLTS Job openings increased to 7.74 million in January – Crypto News

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According to Tuesday’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job openings totaled 7.74 million at the end of January. This figure, which came in above analysts’ expectations of 7.63 million, follows the 7.508 million positions reported in December (revised from 7.60 million).

In the news release: “Hires held at 5.4 million, and total separations changed little at 5.3 million. Within separations, quits (3.3 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.6 million) changed little.”

Market reaction

The Greenback remains well on the defensive, navigating its seventh consecutive day in the red and dragging the US Dollar Index (DXY) to multi-month lows near 103.40.

US Dollar PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Canadian Dollar.

  USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD   -0.74% -0.37% 0.03% 0.52% 0.13% 0.00% -0.24%
EUR 0.74%   0.38% 0.77% 1.28% 0.88% 0.78% 0.52%
GBP 0.37% -0.38%   0.61% 0.89% 0.50% 0.39% 0.15%
JPY -0.03% -0.77% -0.61%   0.49% 0.10% -0.00% -0.24%
CAD -0.52% -1.28% -0.89% -0.49%   -0.39% -0.49% -0.74%
AUD -0.13% -0.88% -0.50% -0.10% 0.39%   -0.09% -0.34%
NZD -0.01% -0.78% -0.39% 0.00% 0.49% 0.09%   -0.25%
CHF 0.24% -0.52% -0.15% 0.24% 0.74% 0.34% 0.25%  

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

 

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