The usual suspects were behind the widening in the trade deficit at the end of last year: gold, pharmaceuticals and IT equipment. December’s trade figures leave our Q4 GDP growth estimate at a solid 3.4% annualised – although imports were stronger than we were expecting, the strength of computer imports suggests that business equipment investment surged by more than 30% annualised.
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