TOKYO – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.5 percent 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 percent in October.
The jobs-to-applicants ratio stood at 1.35, labor ministry data showed, unchanged from October.
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