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Susannah streeter is senior investment and markets analyst at hargreaves la nsdown. we have had a slew of fourth quarter results from the biggest companies in america. what is that saying to you and how is the market responding? certainly let s focus as well on the gdp figures, that growth number, because actually it is along a similar trajectory ready to how the market is receiving this corporate news, because it is a bit glass half full, glass half empty, however you want to look at it. for example, we had mastercard results out, and they really showed where the trajectory of the economy which were shown in the economy which were shown in the gdp figures, because although consumer spending has been resilient, they are pointing to a softening of spending in the upcoming quarter, and it is a similar really story from microsoft for example. revenues were very resilient but again the company has warned that home pcs and
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