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GDP (May)

May's GDP contracted by 0.2% m/m, the fifth consecutive monthly decline, thereby providing more evidence that the economy slipped into a recession in the first half of the year. With oil prices slumping again and energy producers announcing additional job and spending cuts, economic conditions appear to be going from bad to worse.

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