Japan January jobless rate falls to 2.4%

TOKYO :Japan’s jobless price fell to 2.4 per cent in January from a revised 2.5 per cent logged in the old month, govt records confirmed on Friday.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment price matched economists’ median forecast in a Reuters ballot.

The jobs-to-applicants ratio was unchanged from December at 1.27, separate labour ministry records confirmed, matching the median forecast.

For a desk on the jobless records, tear to the interior affairs ministry’s web bellow:

(Point to: The jobs-to-applicants ratio and new job affords could well also be seen in Eastern on the labour ministry’s web bellow)