U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in at 7.7 million with ongoing uncertainty over the direction of the American economy. Fast Company Newsletters Overall, it's a puzzling time for the American economy, buffeted by President Donald Trump's decision to reverse decades of U.S. policy in favor of free trade and instead impose double-digit tariffs on imports from most of the world's countries. Policymakers at the Federal Reserve are meeting this week to decide whether to cut their benchmark inte ...