April-May was the time period when prices across industries collapsed. Businesses were anticipating this massive recession and cut back production / dumped goods onto the market in preparation. When the opposite happened, and demand for goods spiked hard, lots of places were caught with their pants down, having already reduced production and laid off workers.
So there's going to be a lot of economic "whiplash" in comparing YoY metrics over the next few months.
So there's going to be a lot of economic "whiplash" in comparing YoY metrics over the next few months.
You can see the effect here in cars sales:
https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/usa-auto-industry-total-sales-...
Apr 2020 was the lowest sales month by a healthy margin going back to 2005.
Different industries saw this same effect over the April-May period. You can see the looking at the performance of the total US stock market:
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/vtsmx
March-April prices collapse, and April-May, its on the upswing, by September, there's a total recovery.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/vtsmx