The incoming activity data suggest that GDP growth slowed from an upwardly-revised 2.9% annualised in the fourth quarter to 2.0% or so in the first quarter. That would still be slightly above the economy’s potential growth rate, but the details show that all of that slowdown reflects a broad-based slump in consumption growth.
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