of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 much stronger than expected. that s raised hopes that the us federal reserve might have achieved a soft landing getting inflation under control by raising borrowing costs without crashing the economy. the strong economic numbers helped stoke an ongoing rally on us stock markets. both the dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 closed at new record highs on thursday. and traders weren t the only ones celebrating. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for th
investing the money they had originally promised. from new york samira hussain explains. after the ohio town where it is based,it after the ohio town where it is based, it started in 2019 and words heralded by then us president donald trump does company that was bringing back manufacturing. since then it has struggled to make electric shocks, making only a handful. they also blame part of their failures on the taiwanese company foxconn, which says promised to invest more money and to collaborate on vehicle development plans. foxconn, which has already invested more than $50 million, said it was hoping to negotiate a solution to lordstown s financial woes. lordstown is not the only electric truck maker that has been suffering lately, river yealm, but by amazon, has made less cars, trucks, advance that it had expected. it is all a big come down from the electric truck frenzy that had wall street investors just a few years ago. that is samira hussain in new york. in other news t
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish truck maker AB Volvo on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter profit but a weak order intake as it adjusted lower production levels amid softening demand. Volvo cut its predictions for the total European heavy truck market this year, seeing registrations of 280,000 trucks for the region instead of 290,000. It also raised its prediction for the China medium and heavy truck market to 800,000 from 700,000 trucks previously.
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