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so what's behind the increased optimism and 3 years later, brits of weight that breaks it. benefits here about the ongoing impact of businesses, of leaving the u. d. w. business sign robots in burden. welcome to the program. another oil company posts major profits, exxon mobiles latest results show it smashed. it's previous net earnings record last year and make no rural profit of $55700000000.00 during 2022. having made just shy of 13000000000 in the 4th quarter. yes. all prices, serge, as economies began to recover from the pandemic and war and ukraine, raised uncertainty over energy supplies is 2022 profits over $10000000000.00 more than its previous record posted at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008. well, let's get more on this from our financial correspondent in new york,

yann's quarter on wall street, or is jones eggs on put this down as in clever strategy, but how much of this is actually down to factors that obviously we're not within its control? well, what a difference 2 years to make. i mean, clearly the commodity prices have recovered quite a bit in the past 2 years. so definitely help exxon that was not the doing of the top management. if you think back a good 2 years ago, at the height of the pen demik in 2020 oil prices for a moment actually turned in a negative a territory that year. it was the 1st time in more than 4 decades that exxon actually had a yearly loss. the stock got kicked out of the dow jones industrial leverage. and now 2022. as you mentioned, the records a profit. so part of it is an increase in commodity prices over all, but part of it is also that exxon other than some a competitor,

especially from europe, actually, is still placing bets on fossil fuels, some other energy companies or even oil and gas companies have decided to go a bit more into the renewable energy direction. exxon has not really done so that much. and as we see with those numbers, obviously you still can make a lot of money out of oil and gas after doing well by going against the sort of environmental tide. and president biden did flew the idea of a wind full tax. is that something that's still on the table? rob that always comes up when companies report such a huge profit. i remember very well not that long ago, that the profit report from the big oil major in fall we heard out of washington, that there should be a windfall text and post the little has happened so far. and then we also shouldn't

forget the summer when gas prices year in the united states were at a record, it was actually the biden administration, almost begging the gas company to pump and produce more. and then what there's also changed since last fall. now, the majority in congress is not any longer on the side of democrats. so in my opinion, it will be very difficult to get anything impulse like a windfall tax tax, even if we might here so out of washing and also have figures from general motors, their profits jump to 16 percent in the 4th quarter. how is 2023 striking up comic yeah, general motors in general is pretty beat that to 2023 but also be a good year. and what was especially interesting rob with those 3 points from general motors. they did not talk about price cuts. we have heard so earlier from 4 to from 10 to actually that did put some pressure on the car industry and overall

about general motors actually talked about they improve the supply chain, but they also could get higher prices for their cars and price cuts at least as of now are not in the cards for general motors, so the stock was up by a good 8 percent and just by the way, mary barra, the c o r g m, also announced investment in a lithium mine here in the united states in nevada, in the amount of $650000000.00. okay. and go to new york for us. thank you very much for the update. now let's take a look at some of the other global business stories that are making the news. spotify says it's paying subscribe account, grew by 14 percent, 205000000 in the 4th quarter of last year. however, the sweetest company pasted a net loss of 430000000 euros in 2022. it recently announced plans to cut almost 6 percent of its workforce us drug manufacturer,

pfizer says its profit rose by 43 percent to more than $31000000000.00 in 2020 to the guy with vaccine make up posted record annual revenue of a $100000000000.00 but predicts a fall in sales this year. as the spread of corona virus slows. i'm european union's economy grew 3.6 percent last year. according to statistics agency juris that he is g d. p growth outpaced that of the us and china in 2022. despite fears of recession due to skyrocketing energy and food prices. but isn't just the e u that is seeing is economic picture improve the international monetary fund is getting increasingly optimistic for global growth. this year, the recent sudden and unexpected shift in china's strict coven policy is making a major playing a major role in making the future seem a little brighter. the world economy seems to be moving forward. things are starting to look up after oblique 12 months,

12 months that so economic downturns across the globe and the cost of living crisis, dose problems haven't gone away. the international monetary fund is raising its expectations for 2023. it now expects the global economy to grow by 2.9 percent this year. an upgrade on his previous forecast of 2.7 percent. a global recession is looking increasingly unlikely. the i m f expects the u. s. economy to grow by 1.4 percent this year. it's expecting a similar level of growth in brazil as well. it's also predicting increase g d p across the country is that used the euro among the major economies, there's just one outlier. the u. k is on course to see is economy shrink. british families will have to wait for really. but the i m f says the world is benefiting from the return of china to the global stage, where all the indications are that we are witnessing a rapid reopening of the economy. and so here,

when we think about the re opening of the chinese economy, it's going to have an impact on the supply side. because we can anticipate once the economy fully reopened, we have less a supply chain disruption. so we have witnessed in 2022 when they were logged downs and, and can finance. it's all going to get an expansion in production coming from that side. china's reopening to the water has come as an unexpected boost. but the i m. f's forecasts rely on no more unpleasant surprises. bless you, just her, the better news does not extend to the u. k. the news that it is lagging behind all other advanced nations comes 3 years to the day after it left the european union. inconvenient timing for a british government king to prove that breaks it has its benefits as big at mass reports. many more lorenz used to pull into the school court as them chemicals used to supply all of their klein's out of the headquarters in england. but since

brags it, it's been too complicated and too expensive to forward any goods to the eel. managing director danny locker and was forced to open up a 2nd hub in poland and paying to lots of customs duties without paying any. okay. and in germany, poland. i was just doing a thing once i came in here. so as you had taylor, i'm do a lot more work for name of business astern. as working with raw materials for the cosmetics industry, the increased workload means that the company's productivity has taken a hit and low productivity. something that the british economy as a whole is suffering from. in the medium to long term britain will be 4 percent worse off than if it had stayed in the u. that's according to official forecasts. so many british business leaders are not surprisingly now, asking what really are the benefits of breaks it? then a lot, ren cannot see any upsides of breaks it for a company,

or indeed her industry with regards to the country as a whole. the british economy has recovered more slowly after the pandemic than other comparable economies. but we've had increased uncertainty since the referendum back in 2016. at that point we saw that business investment as a shared g. d p really took a hit in the u. k. and it hasn't really recovered. while in other countries, it was growing during that period. ellsbury is the nearest town to aston chemicals . people in the area voted narrowly to leave you, but to day we could not find many convinced by the realities of breaks. it was a lot of promises my sickly born mister johnson, a motto so many of them come true. he so burger of i'm ready deal. i haven't seen it specs. it is a tragedy where i don't think we were too small to be of any importance anywhere in the world with the situation. we're in the economic situation we're in is there is our subjects, it, we should stayed in with europe and the we're, we're,

we're together now is known as issues we trade and whatnot. so yet more pers opinion and great on knew that everything was going to the tough but in the long run will be a control. we'll look after ourselves and go from there 3 years after the u. k. formerly left the you, one thing is clear bricks, it was always a political project for many businesses across the country. any economic benefits a hard to find. and just lastly we bring you news of the end of an era. it's been called the queen of the skies, but the reign of the jumbo jet has come. a step closer to entering. boeing has made the final delivery of it. iconic 747 double decked giant of aviation is now no longer in production with large planes falling out of fashion in favor of more efficient twin engine aircraft. it's made in flight back in 1969. here

it is. comes over half a century before boeing employees watched on as the last production model was delivered. today just to remind of the top business story we are following for you this hour. after months of gloomy forecast, international monetary fund has raised its outlook for global growth for the 1st time of the year. the i'mma says that the world economy is set to expand by 2.9 percent during 2023. and so from the business team here, berlin until next time with toxic air south because economy depends on coal, but air pollution is a legal problem. indians are pushing for a switch to renewable energy. but with so many livelihoods

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