US releases. The US session yesterday saw the release of the monthly JOLTS job opening statistics which showed a sharp decline from 9.2m in June to 8.8m in July. This is a clear indication that demand for labour is beginning to level off and that wage growth pressures are easing with the JOLTS report having many coinciding features with other US labour market compensation measures. Hence the release should be encouraging news for the Federal Reserve as it suggests that the last years' monetary tightening is beginning to feed through to the labour market. We will get the important non-farm payrolls report on Friday.