尽管波动的贸易和库存数字抑制了最新GDP数据，但更基础的私人购买者终端销售数字（按真实值计算）以大约2.5%的年率增长。
While volatile trade and inventory numbers have depressed the recent GDP figures, the more fundamental measure of final sales to private purchasers has been rising in real terms at an annual rate of about 2.5%.