We expect this week’s release of the preliminary estimate of GDP in the second quarter to reveal thatgrowth rebounded at an annualised rate of 3.2% after the 2.9% contraction in the first quarter. Therisks around that forecast, however, are larger than normal. One possibility is that growth in the firstquarter is revised up, which could mean that second-quarter growth comes in lower than expected.
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