While a restart in crude oil pipeline activity helped lift energy exports to the US, today's news was really about the surprise jump in non-oil exports to countries further abroad. Indeed, with the volume of exports outpacing imports, the drag on economic growth from net exports may have eased in the fourth quarter, though we think this is likely to be temporary.
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