Retail Sales (May)

The subdued rise in retail sales in May suggests that the lifting of the state of emergency didn’t provide a big boost to consumption and we reiterate our forecast of a 9% q/q plunge in Q2 GDP. And the renewed increase in fresh coronavirus cases in Tokyo suggests that were won’t be a rapid rebound.

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