Is the Trump effect working on the US economy?

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  Is the U.S.

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  economy on a roll?

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  This September jobs report showed the American economy remains strong,

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  with 119,000 new jobs added, more than double expectations.

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  It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  This is Andrew Peach.

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  Economists were skeptical about Donald Trump's economic plan, so were they wrong?

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  We'll look at the numbers.

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  Also today, why novelists are worried AI could take their jobs,

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  and why the Taiwanese president is posting photos of himself eating sushi.

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  If you go on social media, you'll see Republicans in the US all over it,

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  hailing the Trump effect after new data showed an unexpected pickup in hiring.

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  Employers adding 119,000 jobs in September,

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  more than double what many had expected after a rather lackluster summer.

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  Here's the White House press secretary, Caroline Levitt.

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  The September jobs report showed the American economy remains strong,

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  with 119,000 new jobs added, more than double expectations.

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  These gains came after the summer passage of President Trump's historic tax cuts and multiple big trade deals with countries around the world.

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  In particular, construction jobs surged by 19,000 in September, the largest monthly gain in a year.

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  Nearly all of this solid monthly jobs growth came from the private sector and went to Americans rather than foreign-born workers,

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