Although the trade deficit was little changed in April, our calculations suggest that gold-adjusted export volumes far outpaced import volumes. That leaves net trade on track to make an even stronger positive contribution to second-quarter GDP growth than we previously assumed, bringing our second-quarter GDP forecast up to 3.0% annualised.
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