Japan's August jobless rate rises to 2.6%

TOKYO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Japan's jobless rate in August rose to 2.6% from 2.3% in July, government data showed on Friday. Economists' median forecast was for 2.4%. The jobs-to-applicants ratio in August inched down to 1.20 from 1.22 in the previous month. The median forecast was 1.22. (Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Writing by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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