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title: "Japan · Unemployment Rate: 2.5 · Oct 1, 2026"
description: "US data, Oct 1, 2026: actual 2.5, forecast 2.4, previous 2.4 · ABOVE FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              01 Oct 2026, 23:30 UTC



# Japan · Unemployment Rate: 2.5




           Actual2.5
           Forecast2.4
           Previous2.4

               Surprise
               +1.00σ

           VerdictABOVE FORECAST
           ReadJGBs BULLISH · Equities BULLISH


            Japan · Unemployment Rate: Actual 2.5, forecast 2.4, prev 2.4. Surprise: ABOVE FORECAST by 1.0 sigma. Desk read: JGBs BULLISH · Equities BULLISH.






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