The unexpectedly severe narrowing in the monthly external trade deficit to a near four-year low of $34.2bn in June, from $44.1bn, suggests that second quarter GDP growth was significantly stronger than the first estimate of a 1.7% annualised gain, possibly even more than 2.5%.
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