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Investment will be a drag on growth before long

Data on investment spending released this week sent conflicting messages. We put more weight on the dismal construction work done figures and have penciled in falling business investment in the fourth quarter. And we think investment is probably going to decline further in 2019 as a result of the housing downturn and tightening credit conditions.

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