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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 26 April 2017

Canada Retail Sales 26 April 2017: -0.6% for February 2017, below the -0.1% forecast and against 2.3% in January 2017 (first reported as 2.2%). It is the lowest reading since March 2016. 7 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 26 Apr 2017 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
-0.6%
February 2017
Forecast
-0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
2.3%
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 26 April 2017: -0.6% for February 2017 against a -0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
26 Apr 2017Feb-0.6%-0.1%2.3%
21 Mar 2017Jan2.2%1.1%-0.4%
22 Feb 2017Dec-0.5%0.1%0.3%
20 Jan 2017Nov0.2%0.5%1.2%
22 Dec 2016Oct1.1%0.2%0.8%
22 Nov 2016Sep0.6%0.6%0.1%
21 Oct 2016Aug-0.1%0.2%-0.2%
23 Sep 2016Jul-0.1%0.1%0%
19 Aug 2016Jun-0.1%0.5%0.2%
22 Jul 2016May0.2%0.0%0.8%
22 Jun 2016Apr0.9%0.9%-0.8%
20 May 2016Mar-1.0%-0.6%0.6%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 21 March 2017The release after:Canada Retail Sales 19 May 2017Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar