Euro-zone Retail Sales (Apr.) & Final PMIs (May)

April’s euro-zone retail sales data imply that the consumer sector fared a little better in Q2 than it did in Q1. Nevertheless, May’s Composite PMI is consistent with the pace of GDP growth remaining at around Q1’s pace, suggesting that growth has shifted down a gear in 2018.

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