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GDP overhaul merely tweaks the big picture

Last week’s revised GDP estimates were seemingly all things to all men, supporting political parties’ views and every economist’s forecasts for interest rates and fiscal policy. In reality, the new figures have neither transformed the economic landscape nor boxed policymakers into a corner.

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