The partial rebound in manufacturing sales volumes in January can be partly blamed on the bad weather, which continues to constrain activity. Nevertheless, the persistent weakness in unfilled orders suggests that manufacturing is still struggling. We stand by our view that first-quarter GDP growth slowed to only 1.5% annualised.
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