EghtesadOnline: Crude prices extended declines on Monday, dropping below $60 for the first time in nearly three months as the death toll from China’s coronavirus rose and more businesses were forced to shut down, stoking expectations of slowing oil demand.

EghtesadOnline: The World Economic Forum’s “Global Competitiveness Report 2019” shows Iran’s ranking has dropped by 10 places with a score of 53 out of 100 compared to last year's report.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s unemployment rate, the proportion of jobless population of ages 15 years and above, stood at 10.5% in the second quarter of the current Iranian year (June 22-Sept. 22), indicating a 1.8% decrease compared with the same period of last year.