Euro-zone Retail Sales (July) & Final PMIs (Aug)

The recovery in euro-zone retail sales ended in July as sales fell sharply compared to June. However this does not affect our view that consumption will grow strongly in Q3, not least because we think the fall in retail sales partly reflects consumers shifting their spending from goods to services.

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