The 0.7% m/m surge in underlying retail sales in June, along with upward revisions to previous months’ gains, suggests that real consumption growth accelerated to 4.0% annualised in the second quarter. It would still be a shock if the Fed didn’t follow through with a 25bp rate cut later this month, but lingering market expectations of a 50bp move look well wide of the mark.
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