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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 20 May 2016

Canada Retail Sales 20 May 2016: -1.0% for March 2016, below the -0.6% forecast and against 0.6% in February 2016 (first reported as 0.4%). It is the lowest reading since December 2015. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 May 2016 at 12:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 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
-1.0%
March 2016
Forecast
-0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
0.6%
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 May 2016: -1.0% for March 2016 against a -0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 May 2016Mar-1.0%-0.6%0.6%
22 Apr 2016Feb0.4%-0.8%2.0%
18 Mar 2016Jan2.1%0.6%-2.1%
19 Feb 2016Dec-2.2%-0.6%1.7%
22 Jan 2016Nov1.7%0.2%0.1%
23 Dec 2015Oct0.1%0.4%-0.4%
20 Nov 2015Sep-0.5%0.2%0.5%
22 Oct 2015Aug0.5%0.1%0.6%
23 Sep 2015Jul0.5%0.5%0.4%
21 Aug 2015Jun0.6%0.2%0.9%
23 Jul 2015May1.0%0.5%-0.1%
19 Jun 2015Apr-0.1%0.7%0.9%(R)
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 22 April 2016The release after:Canada Retail Sales 22 June 2016Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar