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Unemployment Rate and Employment Change

Unemployment Rate measures the percentage of people that do not have jobs of all the people in the job force. Those people that are discouraged and "are not actively seeking work" are no longer counted. The participation rate tell you what percentage of the work-age population currently has a job.

Main Indicator: Unemployment Rate

Most Recent Release

March
1st, 2010

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

4.9%

5.1%

4.9%

5.1%

Table of Past Data

	5/28	6/29	7/30	8/27	10/1	10/29	11/26	12/24	1/28	3/1

Actual	5.0%	5.2%	5.4%	5.7%	5.5%	5.3%	5.1%		5.1%	4.9%
Forecast	5.0%	5.2%	5.3%	5.5%	5.8%	5.6%	5.4%	5.2%	5.3%	5.1%
Previous	4.8%	5.0%	5.2%	5.4%	5.7%	5.5%	5.3%	5.1%	5.2%	4.9%
Revised From	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.1%

Past Releases

January
28th, 2010

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.1%

5.3%

5.2%

N/A

For December (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau

December
24th, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.2%

5.1%

N/A

November
26th, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.1%

5.4%

5.3%

N/A

For October (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau
Previous Release: Labor Force Survey

October
29th, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.3%

5.6%

5.5%

N/A

For September (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau
Current Release: Labor Force Survey

October
1st, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.5%

5.8%

5.7%

N/A

For August (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau
Current Release: Labor Force Survey

August
27th, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.7%

5.5%

5.4%

N/A

For July (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau
Previous Release: Labor Force Survey

July
30th, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.4%

5.3%

5.2%

N/A

For June (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau
Previous Release: Labor Force Survey

June
29th, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.2%

5.0%

N/A

For May (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau
Current Release: Labor Force Survey

May
28th, 2009

Actual

Forecast

Revised Form

5.0%

4.8%

N/A

For April (s.a.)
Provided by: Statistics Bureau
Current Release: Labor Force Survey

Japan's jobless rate climbed to 5.0% in April, reaching a five year high. Unemployment insurance beneficiaries increased in March to a record 790,000, a 59.1% increase over the year prior. In light of the worsening employment situation it remains to be seen whether new government handouts will motivate consumers to spend.