The second estimate of Q1 GDP confirmed that the economy enjoyed some modest growth at the beginning of 2013. But it was an increase in inventories that drove expansion. Meanwhile, aspirations for ‘rebalancing’ look increasingly forlorn. And the foundations for recovery remain rickety.
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