Japan’s unemployment rate rises to 3.3% in February

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29 March 2016

Japan’s unemployment rate rises to 3.3% in February

Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released its unemployment rate on late Monday evening. Unemployment rate in Japan rose to 3.3% in February from 3.2% in January. Analysts had expected the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 3.2%.

The number of unemployed persons fell by 130,000 year-on-year in February to 2.13 million.

The number of employed persons rose by 290,000 year-on-year in February to 63.51 million.

U.S. personal spending rises 0.1% in February

Retail sales in Japan are up at an annual rate of 0.5% in February

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