Japan's jobless rate falls to 2.7% in Oct - govt

FILE PHOTO: Men walk past the Olympic Rings in the commercial district of Nihonbashi during the Olympic games amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan August 4, 2021.    REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
FILE PHOTO: Men walk past the Olympic Rings in the commercial district of Nihonbashi during the Olympic games amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate fell to 2.7% in October, while the availability of jobs also fell from the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compared with the median market forecast of 2.8%, the internal affairs ministry figures showed.

The jobs-to-applicants ratio was 1.15, down from 1.16 in the previous month, according to the labour ministry. Economists' median prediction in a Reuters poll was 1.17.

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Writing by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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