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title: "Japan · Unemployment Rate: 2.4 · Aug 27, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 27, 2026: actual 2.4, forecast 2.5, previous 2.5 · BELOW FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
source: Helious
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Economic release
              27 Aug 2026, 23:30 UTC



# Japan · Unemployment Rate: 2.4




           Actual2.4
           Forecast2.5
           Previous2.5

               Surprise
               -1.00σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadJGBs BEARISH · Equities BULLISH


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






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