Japan's jobless rate stays at 2.4% in October: government

Reuters

Published Nov 28, 2019 06:38PM ET

Japan's jobless rate stays at 2.4% in October: government

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate stayed at 2.4% in October, unchanged from the previous month, while job availability was also unchanged, government data showed on Friday.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched economists' median forecast, figures from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed.