The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the US and Japan between March 1993 and March 1999.

The line graph depicts the percentage of joblessness in two developed countries,

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as the US and Japan during the period March-1993 and March-1999. In general, what stands out from the figure is that in both lines, there were changes in opposite sites. If to be more specific, the rate in the US decreased gradually,

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in Japan there was a moderate climb during the given period. The unemployment figure in Japan stood at less than 2.5% in 1993.

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it grew moderately until 1996. After that, it fluctuated between 3.0 per cent and 3.5 per cent from 1996 to half of 1997. In 1998, the unemployment population reached its peak at more than 4.5% in 1999.

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, in the US the rate of unemployed people decreased gradually, which started from 7.0% in 1993 to 5.5% in 1995.Despite

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fact, during the two years, the proportion of non-working US citizens oscillated nearly 5.5%. Next year

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line went down rapidly. Another interesting point is that both lines crossed at

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% rate between 1998 and 1999.