The surge in retail sales in August underlines that a last-minute spending in spree ahead of the sales tax hike is still possible. That means that consumption may fall by more than the 1.3% q/q drop we’ve pencilled in for the fourth quarter. And the renewed fall in industrial output shows that the economy was already losing momentum before the tax hike.
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