The economy remains on track to expand again in Q2, not least because retail sales posted a solid increase of 0.6%m/m in May. However, the labour market remains fragile and the Budget measures will hit households’ finances pretty hard. Of course, the flipside of soft economic activity is that inflation and interest rates will remain low.
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