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OTTAWA — Canada’s economy performed surprisingly well in the third quarter, although at a slower pace than in the previous three months as exports and business investment rose, but at a weaker clip.

That still left the economy leaning heavily on consumers and waiting to see the impact of tumbling oil prices.

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Gross domestic product rose by an annualized 2.8% between July and September, down from 3.6% in the second quarter —revised from 3.1% — but still stronger than 1% growth in the first quarter, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Most analysts had expected annualized growth of about 2.1% in the third quarter.

On a monthly basis, the economy grew by 0.4% in September, in line with economists’ forecasts, following a 0.1% decline a month earlier.

“Although growth in the third quarter of 2014 slowed relative to the second quarter, it still represented the economy maintaining its above-potential rate,” said Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC Economics.