Retail Sales & International Trade (Mar./Q1)

Subdued growth in real retail sales in Q1 means consumption growth may have eased from the end of 2018. Meanwhile falling import volumes probably meant that net trade made a solid contribution to GDP growth in Q1. Taken together, we estimate GDP growth picked up a little to 0.5% q/q in Q1.

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