Japan’s jobless rate falls to 2.5% in Nov
Published Tue, Dec 27, 2022 · 08:02 AM
JAPAN’S jobless rate fell to 2.5 per cent in November, while the availability of jobs stayed at its highest level since March 2020, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched economists’ median forecast in a Reuters poll and was down from 2.6 per cent in October. The jobs-to-applicants ratio stood at 1.35, labour ministry data showed, unchanged from October. REUTERS
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