30 January 2001, 10:37 REPORTS: JAPAN JOBLESS RATE 4.8% BUT EMPLOYED UP
REPORTS: JAPAN JOBLESS RATE 4.8% BUT EMPLOYED UP.
Unemployment in December was unchanged on the month at 4.8%, just under
the 4.9% record hit first in February, the Ministry of Public
Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications reported. In
2000, the number of unemployed rose to a record 3.2 million, with an
average unemployment rate of 4.7%. However, in December the number of
those in work, including the self-employed, rose 0.2% on the year to
64.40 million, the third consecutive monthly gain as new jobs offers --
reported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare -- rose 27.1% on
the year. The job offers-to-applicants ratio rose 0.66.
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