The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the US and Japan between March 1993 and March 1999. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The graph shows the rates of unemployment in

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and the US between

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March 1993 and 1999.

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, there was a big gap in the

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between the two countries

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when started the study and

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gap was completely bridged by the end of March 1999.. . To start with

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, which had the lowest

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of unemployment at just above 2% in 1993.

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number rose slightly and steadily to reach 4.7% by the end of the study .

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, the US

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was as huge as 7% at the beginning and decreased sharply in March 1995 to 5.5%,

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figures started fluctuating for another three years. Both the US and

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at a meeting point of

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rate

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of 4.2% in 1999.

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, by the end of the study, the US succeeded to target a better

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of 4.2% compared to 4.7% for

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.