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

The line graph depicts the proportion of

the

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unemployed

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of

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in different countries, namely

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and

Japan

in a

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period. Looking at an

overall

formation, it is readily apparent that the

indication

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exhibited by both countries are distinctly divergent, with the United States

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a significant decline in unemployment rates,

while

Japan

's rates displayed a more moderate yet upward line.

According to

what is shown, the

USA

and

Japan

had started at around 7% and 2.5% respectively. As there was a significant dip in the unemployment ratio in the

USA

during the first three years, there was a gradual climb in

Japan

's ratio.

Thereafter

the

USA

's proportion fluctuated wildly at about 5.5

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until nearly the beginning of 1997,

while

the proportion in

Japan

was increasing

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in the same period.

Consequently

, the two

countries'

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ratios continued their usual

behavior

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until March 1999 when

Japan

exceeded the

USA

at about 4.5% and 4% respectively.