Results of the Fed’s job openings survey:

  • Highest since 2008
  • Prior reading was 3925K (revised to 3931K)
JOLTS chart

The Fed likes JOLTS as an indicator of the trend in jobs and after a few months of muddling numbers, jobs turned higher in November. It’s a laggy report but it will give the Fed more confidence to taper another $10B at the end of the month.