Japan June jobless rate unchanged at 2.5%
FILE PHOTO: A man uses a laptop on a street at a business district in Tokyo, Japan January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's jobless rate in June was unchanged from the previous month at 2.5%, government data showed on Friday.
Economists' median forecast was also for 2.5%.
The jobs-to-applicants ratio in June fell to 1.22 from 1.24 in May. The median forecast was 1.25.
(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Writing by Satoshi SugiyamaEditing by Chang-Ran Kim)
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