February's consensus-matching 0.2% m/m increase in GDP, together with small upward revisions to earlier figures, suggest that first-quarter GDP growth will turn out to be close to 2.0% annualised, higher than the Bank of Canada's estimate of 1.5%. Given the still uncertain economic outlook and cooling housing market, however, this stronger showing has no implication for the near-term interest rate outlook.
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