Iran’s parliament disputes official jobless figures, saying number of inactive workers rose in first quarter.

The gap in unemployment rates between Blacks and whites in the United States widened for a fourth straight month in August.

New applications for US jobless benefits fell last week, but a record 32.9 million Americans were collecting unemployment checks in the third week of June.

Another 1.48 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a worse-than-expected figure that showed the continuing potency of the coronavirus pandemic.

The US economy faces a long and difficult recovery from the COVID-19 recession.

About 2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week.

The US Labor Department has said that unemployment rates rose in all 50 American states and the District of Columbia in April.

More than 2.4 million people applied for US unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak.

A total of 36.5 million Americans have filed unemployment claims since mid-March following the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, according to a new report.

Millions more Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, suggesting layoffs broadened from consumer-facing industries to other segments of the economy.