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That outcome was largely due to a 41% surge in imports (another component in the GDP equation), as companies sought to get ahead of tariffs. ...

Aiden Reiter Yeah. So that results in a huge decrease from the consumption equation, up to almost 5 per cent. So that’s why it looks like GDP shrank, when it could not be.

All else being equal, higher investment levels boost GDP. In this case, it wasn’t enough to overcome the negative impact of imports, however.