Official data by the administration of US President Joe Biden shows that more people were unemployed in the United States in August compared to the month before, and that the jobless rate for last month was the highest in six months.

US Labor Department figures show weekly unemployment rate in the country hits a five-month high.

Iran’s statistics agency says jobless rate dropped 0.5% in the quarter to December to 8.9%.

African Americans continue to experience a much higher unemployment rate even as US economists celebrated a job market recovery from the outset of the pandemic.

The US economy created the fewest jobs in seven months in August as hiring in the leisure and hospitality sector stalled amid a resurgence in COVID-19 infections.

Iran reports single-digit jobless rates for 20 out of 31 provinces in the quarter to June 21.

Clothes retailers in Europe and America sit on excess inventory and cut back on spring orders. Sourcing agents face late payments. Garment factories in Bangladesh are on the rack.