The Trump boom continued on Friday, as the government released its latest jobs figures.

The unemployment rate for July dropped to 4.3 percent, the lowest since the dot-com boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The unemployment rate was last this low in March 2001.

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The economy added 209,000 jobs in July, much more than previously expected. Economists had only expected 180,000 new jobs, according to Axios.

The number of employed Americans also hit a record high: 153.5 million workers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

But perhaps most importantly to President Donald Trump and his agenda, the trade deficit dropped again. The Commerce Department reported that the trade deficit dropped almost 6 percent to $43.6 billion.

Exports of U.S. goods and services rose to $194.4 billion, according to the Commerce Department. That’s the highest level since December 2014, according to ABC News.

And there was an important long-term milestone for Trump to crow about: July’s numbers mean 1 million jobs have been created since Trump took office on January 20.

The inevitable argument to come is how much of this progress is due to Trump and his very new executive policies.

There seems little doubt a new president can inspire consumer confidence and business confidence in hiring. Trump has likely done that. But even the president warned he had to keep the momentum going, through elimination of regulations and the like.

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“Excellent Jobs Numbers just released — and I have only just begun,” Trump tweeted on Friday morning. “Many job stifling regulations continue to fall. Movement back to USA!”

Trump’s top economic adviser took a victory lap on Friday.

“We’re very happy with the number,” said Gary Cohn, director of the president’s National Economic Council, speaking on Fox Business Network’s “Varney and Co.” “We’ve now created well over a million jobs since the Trump administration has come into office since election. The economy continues to grow. We got a GDP number last week of 2.6 percent for the quarter, unemployment rate down to 4.3 percent back down to a 16-year low. Things are on course for the economy — we are very pleased with what’s going on.”

Cohn said the administration wants to move on to tax reform to make the economic progress sustainable over time.

“We need to do permanent tax reform in the United States,” Cohn said on “Varney and Co.” “We’re working towards real tax reform as well as major tax reductions in the United States.”