jeudi 26 mars 2015

Japan Jobless Rate Eases To 3.5% In February

The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 3.5 percent in February, the Ministry of Communications and Internal Affairs said on Friday.



That was in line with expectations and down from 3.6 percent in January.



The jobs-to-applicant ratio was 1.15. also matching forecasts and up from 1.14 in the previous month.



The participation rate was 59.1 percent, up from 59.0 a month earlier.

The number of employed persons in February was 63.22 million, an increase of 390,000 or 0.6 percent on year.



The number of unemployed persons in February was 2.26 million, a decrease of 60,000 or 2.6 percent on year.

Japan Jobless Rate Eases To 3.5% In February

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