The decline in both headline and core durable goods orders in May indicates that growth in business equipment investment remained close to 5% annualised in the second quarter, much weaker than the growth rates seen in the second half of last year. Nonetheless, overall GDP growth still appears to have rebounded strongly in the second quarter.
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