Neither the unexpectedly strong 3.2% gain in first-quarter GDP nor the outsized 0.7% m/m increase in real consumption in March changes our view that the US economy will experience a marked slowdown in growth this year. Together with the renewed weakness in core inflation, that is why we still expect the Fed to begin cutting interest rates before year-end.
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