At 0.4% m/m in February, GDP growth was a bit weaker than Stats Can first thought but, with the preliminary estimate pointing to a much larger 0.9% m/m rise in GDP in March, first-quarter growth overall still seems to have been stronger than we expected. Unfortunately, the renewed coronavirus restrictions will weigh on second-quarter growth.
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