The larger than expected decline in April's manufacturing sales suggests that the recent big gains in factory jobs were perhaps a head fake and that the economy began this quarter on a weak footing. Accordingly, the risks to our forecast that second-quarter GDP growth will be only 1.0% annualised now lie to the downside.
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