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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 20 March 2015

Canada Retail Sales 20 March 2015: -1.7% for January 2015, below the -0.7% forecast and against -1.8%(R) in December 2014 (first reported as -2.0%). It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 Mar 2015 at 12:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 15 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Canada. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
-1.7%
January 2015
Forecast
-0.7%
The market consensus
Previous
-1.8%(R)
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A downward surprise or revision would usually weigh modestly on the Canadian dollar, though the effect is limited if the preliminary figure already set expectations.

Canada Retail Sales 20 March 2015: -1.7% for January 2015 against a -0.7% forecast, with the last 3 releases
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Canada Retail Sales 20 March 2015: -1.7% vs -0.7% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-retail-sales/2015-03-20

The last 3 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Mar 2015Jan-1.7%-0.7%-1.8%(R)
20 Feb 2015Dec-2.0%-0.4%0.4%
23 Jan 2015Nov0.4%-0.2%0.0%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 20 February 2015The release after:Canada Retail Sales 17 April 2015Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar