Better export growth will help bolster GDP growth

We expect GDP growth to slow after the first quarter, as consumption growth fades and housing investment begins to decline. Only a pick-up in business investment growth and a positive contribution from net exports will prevent a more severe slowdown in GDP growth. Nevertheless, we still expect GDP growth to slow to 2.0% in 2012 and only 1.5% in 2013.

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