Japan Unemployment Rate steadies at 2.6% in September, Retail Trade eased to 5.8% YoY vs. 5.9% expected.

Japan’s Unemployment Rate came in at 2.6% in September, compared with the previous figure of 2.7%, according to the official data published by the Japan Statistics Bureau on Tuesday. The market consensus was a 2.6% print in the reported period.

Additionally, the nation’s Retail Trade eased to 5.8% YoY in September from the previous reading of 7.0%. The figure came in worse than the expectation of 5.9%, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry reported on Tuesday.