REAL GDP
growth in the OECD area slowed to 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared
with 0.7% in the previous quarter, as the build up in inventories in Europe
seen in the third quarter unwound. Destocking reduced GDP growth by 0.1 percentage
point in the fourth quarter. The contribution from private consumption picked
up to 0.4 percentage point, with rebounding net exports contributing a further
0.2 percentage point. The contribution from gross fixed capital formation
fell marginally to 0.1 percentage point compared with 0.2 percentage point
in the previous quarter.
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