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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 21 December 2017

Canada Retail Sales 21 December 2017: 1.5% for October 2017, above the 0.3% forecast and against 0.2% in September 2017 (first reported as 0.1%). It is the highest reading since January 2017. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 21 Dec 2017 at 13:30 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
1.5%
October 2017
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
0.2%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: An upward surprise or revision would usually support the Canadian dollar modestly, especially if the strength is broad across retailers.

Canada Retail Sales 21 December 2017: 1.5% for October 2017 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Dec 2017Oct1.5%0.3%0.2%
23 Nov 2017Sep0.1%0.9%-0.1%
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%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 23 November 2017The release after:Canada Retail Sales 25 January 2018Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar