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 illustrates the proportion of unemployment in two countries, which are Japan and the US, from March 1993 to March 1999.

Overall

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, what stands out from the graph is that the US experienced a downward trend,

while

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Japan saw an upward trend throughout the period.

It is clear that

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the US had 7% of the total at the beginning of the period.

Then

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, it saw a steady increase of 0.1 . After that, it witnessed a slight fall from roughly 7% to 5.5% between 1993 and 1995. they finished by almost 4% in 1999. Generally,there was a fluctuation and decline throughout the time.

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, Japan had started at approximately 2.5% of the rate in 1993.

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, they experienced rapid growth until 1996. After that, it stood at around 3.3% from 1996 to 1998.

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, it skyrocketed from 3.5% to almost 4.3 and finished at 4.3 in 1999.

To sum up

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, there was a steady increase and fluctuation for 7 years.