International Trade (Nov.)

The sharp rebound in the trade deficit in November means that net trade is now on track to be a small drag on economic growth in the fourth quarter, rather than a small boost as we had previously assumed. Partly as a result, we now expect GDP growth was a slightly less impressive 4.5% annualised in the fourth quarter, down from our previous estimate of 6.5%.

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