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Retail Sales (Apr.)

The surge in retail sales volumes in April shows that households flooded back to the shops once they reopened in the middle of the month and suggests there is even some upside risk to our forecast that the economic recovery will be fast and full if households spend a big chunk of their lockdown savings.

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