As the rise in retail sales in February didn’t get anywhere close to reversing all of the drop in the previous two months, the unusually bad weather is still hurting retailers. But since households are spending more on heating and healthcare, annualised real consumption growth in the first quarter may still be between 2.0% and 2.5%.
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