The very modest 0.5% annualised gain in first-quarter GDP, which represents a significant slowdown on the already moderate 1.4% gain in the final quarter of last year, was due to a number of headwinds hitting in the economy. Some of those will fade but, barring a miracle, it appears that GDP growth is on course for another underwhelming gain of around 2% this year.
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