The economy contracted by a shocking 0.6% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) seasonally adjusted and annualised (saar) rate in the third quarter of 2019. This was much lower than the consensus forecast, which was for a stagnation (0%-0.1% q/q). This weakness was quite widespread, with six of the ten sectors contracting.
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