Last two sentences of Rag's Guardian article,
"Much will now hinge on how consumers fare over the coming months, with some early indications there could be a rebound in stronger retail sales data for April.
John Hawksworth, the chief economist at PwC, said he still believed the figures from the ONS overstate the underlying weakness of the economy, given job creation in recent months. “We expect some recovery in the second quarter, with GDP growth of around 1.3% for 2018 as a whole,” he said."