boj minutes, 2002-04-30
As for employment and income conditions of households, some members said that there were signs of a marginal recovery of the supply-demand balance in the labor market, as was evident in a decline in the unemployment rate, a rise in the ratio of new job offers to applicants, and a recovery in the diffusion indexes of employment conditions in the March Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan).
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_labor_market