Japanese Jobless Rate for April, 2.8%
– expected 2.8%, prior was 2.8%
Job-To-Applicant Ratio for April, a jump to 1.48
– expected 1.46, prior was 1.45
Little movement from the yen, which is about normal from Japanese data. The employment data from Japan is, as usual, strong. That Job-to-applicant ratio is at its highest since 1974. That was quite a ways back! And the unemployment rate, that’s at a 20 year low.