Demand for workers remained robust in late spring, with May job openings and the number of times workers quit their jobs declining but remaining historically high.

The Labor Department on Wednesday said there were a seasonally adjusted 11.3 million job openings in May, a decrease from the upwardly revised 11.7 million the prior month. The number of times workers quit their jobs also fell slightly to 4.3 million from the prior month.

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