GDP (Q1 Final) & Durable Goods (May)

Although the bigger than expected fall in GDP in the first quarter has forced us to revise down our forecast for growth in 2014 as a whole, it doesn’t alter our view that the economy is fundamentally sound. Annualised growth will rebound in the second quarter and settle around 3% thereafter.

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