The 0.1% m/m decline in monthly real GDP in February was principally due to the unseasonably severe weather this winter and the associated disruption to rail transportation, which had a knock-on impact on mining GDP. Nevertheless, even allowing for a bounce-back in March, it appears that first-quarter GDP growth was only 1.0% annualised.
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