Manufacturing Sales (Feb.)

February's larger than expected decline in manufacturing sales, which partly reflects some temporary shutdowns at auto assembly plants and bad weather, is further evidence that first quarter GDP growth was very weak. The balance of risks around our first-quarter GDP growth forecast of 0.5% annualised now lies to the downside.

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