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Real GDP will rise 1.1 per cent in 2017 and 1.0 per cent in 2018, following 0.5 per cent growth in 2015.
We expect employment to increase 0.3 per cent in 2017, after growing by 1.4 per cent in 2016, while the unemployment rate will dip to 6.0 per cent in 2017 from 6.7 per cent in 2016.
Housing starts will hit a nine-year low near 180 units this year.
