The continued strength in manufacturing sales in July, combined with some upward revisions to the gains in the months before, suggests that the economy began the third quarter on a stronger footing than we had previously assumed. Accordingly, the risks to our annualised 1.5% third-quarter GDP growth estimate lie firmly to the upside.
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