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World Service,19 Jan 2021,26 mins

Examining Joe Biden's economic plans

World Business Report

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US president-elect Biden sets a covid-19 stimulus package as an early priority for the presidency. The BBC's Ivana Davidovic looks ahead at the incoming administration's economic plans. Also in the programme, Janet Yellen begins her confirmation hearing as Biden's Treasury Secretary. We'll discuss what she had to say. The BBC's Dougal Shaw meets two entrepreneurs who reimagined their way of doing business to accommodate the new reality of life under coronavirus lockdowns. Plus Netflix reveal their latest results; is it one firm that's been able to capitalise from the pandemic? (Picture: President-Elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden board a plane. Picture credit: Reuters.)

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