Since the pandemic-related lockdowns only really began in earnest in the final two weeks of the quarter, the 4.8% annualised decline in GDP over the first quarter as-a-whole illustrates that activity must have fallen very sharply in the second half of March. Even with some states now tentatively re-opening, we anticipate a 40% annualised decline in second-quarter GDP.
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