The 2.6% annualised rebound in third-quarter GDP looks impressive, but it was entirely due to a 2.8%-point boost from net external trade. Final sales to private domestic purchasers, a better measure of underlying economic demand, increased by only 0.1% annualised, the worst showing since the second quarter of 2020 when the pandemic struck.
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