The US Labour Department has released its monthly jobs report for November, which showed that 211,000 new positions were added - above economists' expectations.
The numbers clear the way for the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates later this month, for the first time in nearly a decade.
Lorna Shaddick reports from New York.
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