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Story summary
- U.S. employers added 89,000 job openings in July, raising total to 7.271 million.
- Manufacturing vacancies rose by 79,000, mainly in durable-goods, driving most of the job-opening increase.
- Layoffs fell by 119,000 to 1.666 million, the lowest level since January.
- Hiring dropped by 278,000 to 5.054 million, lowering the hiring rate to 3.2% from 3.4%.
