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Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
economic outlook
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1468-0319
pISSN - 0140-489X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0319.12153
Subject(s) - recession , economics , business cycle , keynesian economics
Economic activity still looks subdued in early 2015. Business surveys have deteriorated and household spending has weakened. Trade is a bright spot, relatively speaking. But we estimate that GDP growth was only 0.4% in Q1, indicating a rather anaemic upturn following the recession in the middle of last year.…