(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 5 feb - US job openings in December slipped to 6.542 million from 6.928 million the month before, according to data from the US Department of Labor.

Expectations were for 7.2 million openings.

Hires and total separations were little changed at 5.3 million each. Within separations, quits were unchanged at 3.2 million, while layoffs and discharges were little changed at.

1.8 million, it said.

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