Further declines in commodity prices, droughts and weaker business confidence indicate that the economy is struggling to escape the mild recession that began in the first half of the year. We still expect the economy to return to positive growth in the second half of the year, but the recovery is going to be even more modest than we feared a couple of months ago.
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