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The U.S. economy created 336,000 jobs last month the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. That surpassed expectations for September.
Economists had expected 170,000 new jobs in September, according to a poll by FactSet.
The jobless rate stood at 3.8% in September, the government reported.
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