Update: America adds almost one million jobs in July - a podcast by BBC World Service

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 BBC's New York business correspondent, Michelle Fleury, about where the gains were made and how the Federal Reserve might manage America's economic growth. Plus, Chris Low from FHN Financial explores how the markets reacted to the bumper results.

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