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Japan Unemployment Rate

Latest Release

Jan 30, 2025

Actual

2.4%

Forecast

2.5%

The Unemployment Rate measures the percentage of the total work force that is unemployed and actively seeking employment during the previous month. The data tends to have a muted impact relative to employment data from other countries because the Japanese economy is more reliant on the industrial sector than personal spending.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the JPY, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the JPY.

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Currency: JPY

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Jan 30, 2025 (Dec)	18:30	2.4%	2.5%	2.5%
Dec 26, 2024 (Nov)	18:30	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
Nov 28, 2024 (Oct)	18:30	2.5%	2.5%	2.4%
Oct 28, 2024 (Sep)	18:30	2.4%	2.5%	2.5%
Sep 30, 2024 (Aug)	18:30	2.5%	2.6%	2.7%
Aug 29, 2024 (Jul)	18:30	2.7%	2.5%	2.5%

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