Cracks already seem to be appearing in the recovery on the services side of the economy. Admittedly, overall GDP growth in the second quarter could still prove to be fairly reasonable, in part due to the more robust recovery in the industrial sector. But if the recovery in the biggest part of the economy is struggling even before the fiscal squeeze has hit, a decent expansion in Q2 could turn out to be as good as it gets.
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