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Macroview Upbeat consumer spending figures and other data mean we maintain our forecast of 2.5% GDP growth for the US in the second quarter. Core retail sales in the US increased by 0.5% month-on-month in June, above consensus expectations. Moreover, April and May numbers were revised up by a cumulative 0.1%. The result was that core retail sales grew by a very strong rate of 7.4% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) annualised in Q2 2016, much higher than the 2.8% rise seen in Q1.Together with auto...

Macroview Growth continued to be dampened by a strong dollar, a collapse in oil sector investment and falling inventories, but prospects still relatively healthy Read the full report here US real GDP, buffeted by numerous headwinds and lacking momentum, grew by a feeble 0.5% in Q1 2016. Seasonality factors mean the first-quarter GDP growth rate can be very volatile, but Q1 growth was a clear disappointment overall, particularly as growth in Q4 2015 was already soft (+1.4% q-o-q...