-- 蒙特利尔银行（BMO）在周四公布数据后表示，加拿大经济延续了年初的良好开局，2月份国内生产总值（GDP）环比增长0.2%，符合预期。 制造业、运输/仓储业和批发贸易表现强劲，环比增长0.9%。然而，该行指出，20个行业中只有8个行业在当月实现增长，这表明尽管整体数据表现良好，但加拿大经济仍在苦苦挣扎。 3月份GDP初值显示，当月经济活动与上月持平，但第一季度GDP初值年化增长率为1.7%，略高于BMO和加拿大央行1.5%的预期。 “不幸的是”，3月份的平稳增长为第二季度的过渡带来了更大的挑战，因此，除非加拿大在4月份取得强劲增长，否则BMO预计GDP增速将有所放缓。 该行补充说，尽管贸易不确定性的阴云持续笼罩，但加拿大经济仍在“勉强支撑”。加拿大现在还面临着能源价格上涨带来的额外冲击。 加拿大统计局指出，3月份零售活动受到拖累，因此似乎已出现一些早期影响。 总而言之，根据蒙特利尔银行（BMO）的说法，这些因素不会对加拿大央行产生重大影响，经济增长基本符合预期。政策制定者正在密切关注能源价格及其对核心通胀的潜在传导效应。
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