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America adds almost one million jobs in July

The figures provide further evidence the economy is recovering from the pandemic.

The rise in job creation saw the unemployment rate in the United States fall by half a percentage point to 5.4%. We'll hear from the 大象传媒's New York business correspondent, Michelle Fleury, about where the gains were made and how the Federal Reserve might manage America's economic growth. Also on the programme; from the US to Italy, vaccine passports are increasingly becoming part of our daily lives we'll ask how they're affecting businesses. Plus, the creators of the South Park cartoon series have signed a $900m deal with US media giant ViacomCBS, Lucas Shaw an entertainment reporter for Bloomberg explains what's behind the agreement.

Joining us throughout the programme is Sarah Knight from ABC Perth in Australia.

(Picture: A worker supervising a production line. Credit: Science Photo Library.)

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  • Sat 7 Aug 2021 00:06GMT

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