The surprising 0.4% m/m decline in manufacturing sales in June was largely explained by ongoing volatility at petroleum refineries. For this same reason manufacturing sales volumes increased more modestly than we had expected, up by just 0.1% m/m. Accordingly, the risks to our June GDP growth assumption of 0.2% m/m now lie somewhat to the downside.
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