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Dave Sweas: Dodson Group CEO on the GDP figures set to be released
An Auckland manufacturer is feeling good about the current economic position.
GDP figures are due to be revealed this morning.
Economists and the Reserve Bank are expecting 0.7% growth for the first quarter of the year – slightly higher than the 0.4% predicted earlier this year.
Dodson Group CEO Dave Sweas told Ryan Bridge things turned a corner around February and March.
The precision manufacturers boss says there's been some trepidation about what's coming out of the US, but overall order books are holding up strong.
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