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- All three U.S. indexes ended in the green on Thursday after strong U.S. fourth-quarter GDP data, which beat Wall Street expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.5% to a new all-time closing record.
- The latest GDP data showed the economy grew at a rate of 3.3% in the fourth quarter, much higher than Wall Street’s estimates.
- The numbers underlined the U.S. economy’s resilience amid efforts from the Fed to aggressively hike interest rates to fight inflation.
- Thursday’s report also included good news on the inflation front. The core personal consumption expenditures price index posted a quarterly gain of 2%, excluding food and energy — a key gauge the Fed uses when assessing inflation.
- Fed officials are expected to hold interest rates steady when they meet this week, but dramatic inflation progress in recent months has some predicting officials will start cutting borrowing costs at their subsequent gathering in March.
