The last few months have been great for the economy. New cases have fallen, and economic activity is racing back to pre-pandemic levels. After a c.24% contraction in the quarter ending June 2020, we expect GDP to grow by a positive 1.8% in the quarter ending December 2020. This is quite a sharp turnaround in a short period. A careful look suggests that a key driver of the rebound has been pent-up goods demand. As the lockdown ended, the production of consumer non-durables shot up, followed ______________(I)_____________. A large mountain of household financial savings funded this rebound.

Choose the option that can best complete the sentence (I).

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The last few months have been great for the economy. New cases have fallen, and economic activity is racing back to pre-pandemic levels. After a c.24% contraction in the quarter ending June 2020, we expect GDP to grow by a positive 1.8% in the quarter ending December 2020. This is quite a sharp turnaround in a short period. A careful look suggests that a key driver of the rebound has been pent-up goods demand. As the lockdown ended, the production of consumer non-durables shot up, followed ______________(I)_____________. A large mountain of household financial savings funded this rebound.

Choose the option that can best complete the sentence (I).

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**Solution:**

1. The sentence discusses the rebound in production after the lockdown ended, starting with consumer non-durables.

2. The phrase following this should logically indicate what came next in production, which is consumer durables.

3. The phrase "soon by consumer durables" fits best as it shows the sequence of production increase — first non-durables, then durables.

4. Other options either do not fit grammatically or contextually (e.g., "customer’s desires" is not appropriate here).

**Answer:** soon by consumer durables

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