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Private Capex Survey (Q1) & Retail Sales (Apr.)

The private capital expenditure survey for the first quarter showed that mining investment is becoming a smaller drag on GDP growth, while the leap in retail sales in April overstates the health of households. We estimate that GDP rose by just 0.2% q/q in the first quarter and that it will struggle to rise by 2.0% during this year as a whole.

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