April's disappointing 0.8% m/m drop in retail sales volumes would be disconcerting for monthly GDP growth if it were not for the surprisingly strong growth in wholesale trade data released earlier this week. Overall, after increasing by 0.1% m/m in March, we estimate that GDP grew by about the same rate in April.
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