Despite February’s decline in export volumes, earlier gains mean that exports in Q1 asa whole grew quite strongly, easily outpacing imports. Net exports likely contributedas much as 3 percentage points to GDP growth. While domestic demand probablyremained weak, it now looks likely that the economy grew by close to 3.5%annualised, enough to keep the central bank side-lined on interest rates for now.
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