Retail Sales (Apr.) & Consumer Confidence (May)

The retail sales and consumer confidence reports show that recent claims of the demise of the US consumer have been greatly exaggerated. Thanks to a massive 0.9% m/m gain in control sales in April and a sizeable rebound in motor vehicle sales, it now appears that second-quarter GDP growth will be close to 3.0% annualized.


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