The unemployment rate dropped to a four-month low in August and a continued rise in the job-to-applicant ratio suggests that the labour market will continue to tighten. Meanwhile, both industrial production and retail sales growth quickened. The rebound in industrial production is likely to lose steam, but retail sales will continue to expand as the record virus wave is abating.
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