Visa U.S. Economic Outlook (April 2021)

Over the last month, the contours of growth for 2021 came into sharper focus. Nonfarm employment rose by 916,000 in March, while consumer confidence hit its highest mark since the start of the pandemic.

Measures of real-time consumer spending indicated a sharp acceleration in spending in the final weeks of March as stimulus checks made their way into consumers’ pockets.

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