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Consumer spending dropped 0.4 percent because of weak expenditures on goods while investment in facilities fell 5.2 percent as investment on machinery and transport equipment decreased, the release said. Construction investment decreased 0.3 percent while exports and imports fell 1.5 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, it said.
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