U.S. Labor Department

Job openings in the U.S. rose in September, while the rate of layoffs hit a record low. The U.S. had 5.486 million job openings in September, a modest increase from the 5.443 million reported for August but lower than the 5.831 from July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover, or JOLTS, report. The…