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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 20 October 2017

Canada Retail Sales 20 October 2017: -0.3% for August 2017, below the 0.5% forecast and down from 0.4% in July 2017. It is the lowest reading since February 2017. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 Oct 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
-0.3%
August 2017
Forecast
0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
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 October 2017: -0.3% for August 2017 against a 0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Oct 2017Aug-0.3%0.5%0.4%
22 Sep 2017Jul0.4%0.1%0.1%
22 Aug 2017Jun0.1%0.3%0.5%
21 Jul 2017May0.6%0.2%0.7%
22 Jun 2017Apr0.8%0.2%0.5%
19 May 2017Mar0.7%0.4%-0.4%
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%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 22 September 2017The release after:Canada Retail Sales 23 November 2017Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar