The modest 0.4% m/m decline in manufacturing sales values in May was entirely due to the fall in the sale of petroleum and coal products. In volume terms, though, overall sales actually nudged higher by 0.2% m/m, which suggests that there is some upside risk to our monthly GDP growth estimate of 0.1% m/m.
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