Consumption growth fails to take off
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Household demand is well and truly in the dumps.
That’s our conclusion from the April consumption data, released by the stats bureau (NBS) on Friday.
The highlights:
Retail sales increased 2.3% y/y in April, down from 3.1% growth the previous month.
Services demand was also sluggish – we estimate...