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Economy not out of the woods

Although the majority of forecasters have downgraded their forecasts substantially for GDP growth this year, most remain overly optimistic about the underlying strength in the economy. The economy will be lucky to grow by 1.0% this year, and we think there is little to bank on that next year will be much better.

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