Below-target full-year growth now more likely

SLOWER-THAN-EXPECTED first-quarter growth has underlined expectations of a below-target outcome for 2026, with Fitch unit BMI revising its forecast to 4.2 percent from 4.7 percent and Bank of America (BofA) maintaining its markedly lower projection of 2.0 percent.

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