<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/51f81761ecad046c3b00000b-1200-800/174376160.jpg" border="0" alt="Walmart advertises a sign reading, 'Now Hiring, Apply Inside or Online' outside their store." /><p class="source"><span>Getty Images/Andrew Burton</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Job openings trounced expectations, coming in at 4,455,000 for April. Consensus was for 4,050,000.</p>
<p>Prior was revised upward to 4,166,000.</p>
<p class="p1">The hiring rate was unchanged at 3.4%, as was the separations rate at 3.3%.</p>
<p class="p1">This is one of Janet Yellen's favorite indicators, and should serve as more evidence that the labor market is improving.</p>
<p class="p1">More to come...</p>

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Job Openings Trounce Expectations

Getty Images/Andrew BurtonJob openings trounced expectations, coming in at 4,455,000 for April. Consensus was for 4,050,000. Prior was revised upward to 4,166,000. The hiring rate was unchanged at 3.4%, as was the separations rate at 3.3%. This is one of Janet Yellen's favorite indicators, and should serve as more evidence that the labor market is improving. More to come...

Getty ImagesAndrew BurtonJob openings trounced expectations, coming in at 4,455,000 for April.  Consensus was for 4,050,000.

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