Jake's View | Exports a handy fudge when playing the Hong Kong GDP numbers game

They had to let a lot of numbers go this time at Census and Statistic in order to find something upbeat for the press release on the latest gross domestic product figures.

The year-on-year growth rate of exports of goods fell from 5.7 per cent in the previous quarter to only 0.46 per cent in the first quarter this year.

Economic growth slowed to 2.5 per cent year on year in the first quarter - the worst since 2012 - due to sluggish goods exports, the government economist says.

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