US Job Openings Fell in July to Lowest Level in Nearly a Year

US job openings fell in July to the lowest in 10 months, adding to other data that show a gradually diminishing appetite for workers amid heightened policy uncertainty.

Available positions decreased to 7.18 million from a downwardly revised 7.36 million in June, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data published Wednesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 7.38 million openings.

The pullback in openings was driven by health care, retail trade and leisure and hospitality. Vacancies in health care, which has been a major driver of job growth this year, dropped to the lowest ...