The 0.6% annualised contraction in fourth-quarter GDP stole the headlines this week but the details were arguably much more encouraging than the third quarter, when GDP rose by 2.4%. Thanks partly to a rebound in household spending, domestic demand rose by 2.4% last quarter, which more than made up for the third-quarter 0.5% contraction.
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