Japan Jobless Rates Eases To 2.4% In December

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Japan Jobless Rates Eases To 2.4% In December

(RTTNews) - The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 2.4 percent in December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Tuesday.

That was beneath expectations for a reading of 2.5 percent, which would have been unchanged from November.

The jobs-to-applicant ratio was 1.27 - shy of forecasts for 1.28, which also would have been unchanged.

The participation rate slipped to 62.8 percent, down from 63.1 percent in the previous month.

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