The 17.7% m/m rebound in retail sales in May indicates that, as the lockdowns were eased in many states, activity started to recover more quickly than we – and others – had been anticipating. As a result, we now estimate that real consumption and overall GDP both contracted at a 30% annualised pace in the second quarter, rather than the 40% fall we previously expected.
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