On Friday (January 26) local time, a senior White House official and Director of the National Economic Commission (NEC), Lael Brainard, said she expects consumer confidence to continue to improve and strong employment data will continue to drive growth. The data released yesterday showed that the initial annualized quarterly real GDP rate of the United States for the fourth quarter of 2023 was 3.3%, stronger than the market expectation of 2%, and the annual GDP growth rate also reached 2.5%.