Although manufacturing sales volumes rose by a small 0.2% m/m in March and February's gain was revised down to 1.8% m/m from 2.5% m/m, first-quarter GDP growth is still likely to accelerate to between 2.0% and 2.5% annualised, from 0.6% in the fourth quarter.
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