The rebound in manufacturing sales in August was purely down to price effects, with volumes unchanged as new Section 338 tariffs began to weigh on the factory sector. Combined with a sharp contraction in wholesale sales volumes, this points to downside risks to the preliminary estimate that GDP rose by 0.2% m/m that month.
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