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Infographic: What July's Data Trail Tells Us About Q3's Labor Market Trajectory - and the Risk That's Still Being Ignored

Original article: What July’s Data Trail Tells Us About Q3’s Labor Market Trajectory - and the Risk That’s Still Being Ignored

Editorial infographic showing five hidden July labor-market signals: a 3.2 percent hires rate, a 1.9 percent quits rate, 1.9 million long-term unemployed workers, 2.4 percent posted wage growth, and 16 percent of active job seekers already holding multiple jobs.
Stable headlines are masking longer joblessness, weaker outside offers, and hiring that still has not reopened.