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HiteconomyUS job openings (JOLTS) will continue declining over the coming months.
A scored prediction by Benjamin Cowen, made on .
Scored prediction
Hiteconomy“Remember, this metric will likely continue going down in the coming months because the trend that we've been witnessing has been job openings has been dropping.”
US job openings (JOLTS) will continue declining over the coming months.
- Made on
- 2023-12-09
- Outcome
- Hit
- Importance
- 2 / 5
- Effect on score
- +1.84
What counted as right
- Status
- resolved
- Settled on
- 2024-06-09
JOLTS job openings print a net decline over the months following Dec 2023 (through ~mid-2024).
Criterion asks for a net decline in JOLTS openings over the months following Dec 2023 through ~mid-2024. Official BLS data (via FRED) show a clear net decline over that window (Dec 2023 → Jun 2024), notwithstanding minor month-to-month upticks in Feb and May. The trend was already evident by the deadline period. resolved_on set to the deadline; the June 2024 print (released Jul 30, 2024) later confirmed the ~7.4M level.
Sources
Jobs Report
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Evidence of what happened
BLS/FRED JOLTS Total Nonfarm Job Openings (JTSJOL, seasonally adjusted, current vintage) declined net over the window: Dec 2023 = 8,520K; Jan 8,378K; Feb 8,440K; Mar 8,206K; Apr 7,529K; May 7,782K; Jun 2024 = 7,416K — a net drop of ~1,104K (~13%) from Dec 2023 to Jun 2024, despite a small Feb and May uptick.
BLS JOLTS release for December 2023 (issued Jan 30, 2024) reported job openings of roughly 9.0M on the original vintage, establishing the starting level of the declining trend cited in the claim.
Corrections
No public corrections.
Effect on the score
+1.84- How sure they sounded
- 80%
- Outcome
- Hit
- Importance
- 2 / 5
This page shows the scored prediction as published; the site doesn't recompute or adjust the score.
Where this came from
US job openings (JOLTS) will continue declining over the co…- Methodology version
- v1.0.0
- Last computed
- August 2, 2026
- Made on
- 2023-12-09
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