GDP breakdown suggests service sector still struggling

The official GDP figures show a marked acceleration in quarter-on-quarter growth in Q3. But a closer look at the data suggests that this may be a statistical mirage. We think that growth slowed last quarter, with much of the service sector losing momentum. More encouragingly, there does seem to have been an improvement recently.  

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