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I'm Chris Hill joining me Motley full senior analyst Emily flippin and Ron gross good to see you both how you do

Chris we get the latest headlines from Wall Street

We've got the latest on real estate and as always we got a couple of stocks on our radar

But we begin with the big macro despite fears of a recession US GDP rose nearly 3% in the fourth quarter

That was slightly higher than economists were expecting and as much as anything Ron that GDP number helped push the

Overall market higher for the week

For sure Chris, you know, it looks like we've pivoted somewhat and instead of

Interest rate hikes dominating the headlines. We're talking more and more now about the potential for a recession

Whether it will happen and if so how shallow or deep it will be and

Reports like the GDP one provide data points to help economists strategist even traders make some educated guesses and

As you said GDP was slightly better than expected importantly, it was quite positive not negative

So that continues to signal a resilient economy

But as there should be in a rising interest rate environment there were some signs of weakness that we should pay attention to

2.9% was less than the third quarters 3.2% pay so we see a slowing there

Consumer spending which is 68% of GDP weakened a bit housing has come down sharply

But you do have strength and government spending that help offset that the labor market remains strong

Which is good for workers, but not necessarily good for bringing down inflation

So you boil that down here. We are sitting here with the economy

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