Positives 1)Core retail sales in April rose 1% m/o/m in nominal terms, 3 tenths more than expected. There was also the annual revision changes for the prior year plus that influenced the comparisons. Unfortunately inflation is eating much into this in real terms. 2)In the first full month covering the Russian invasion, foreigners bought a net $48.8b of US notes …
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