US economy grows at 6.9%

Figures released on Thursday in the US showed that the American economy grew at its fastest pace since 1984, expanding by 5.7 percent during 2021.The BBC's North America Business Correspondent, Samira Hussein talks us through the story. We then turn to question of how teachers are navigating hybrid education. Also on the programme, President Biden has confirmed that his first nominee to the US Supreme Court will be an African-American woman. Fergus Nicoll is joined by Kimberly Adams of our US partner station Marketplace in Washington DC and Samson Ellis, Taipei Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News. Produced by: Nisha Patel, Elizabeth Hotson and Gabriele Shaw (Picture: A car production line in California. Picture credit: Getty Images.)