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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 22 August 2018

Canada Retail Sales 22 August 2018: -0.2% for June 2018, below the 0.1% forecast and against 2.2% in May 2018 (first reported as 2%). 7 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 22 Aug 2018 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
-0.2%
June 2018
Forecast
0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
2.2%
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 22 August 2018: -0.2% for June 2018 against a 0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Aug 2018Jun-0.2%0.1%2.2%
20 Jul 2018May2%1.1%-0.9%
22 Jun 2018Apr-1.2%0.0%0.8%
18 May 2018Mar0.6%0.3%0.5%
20 Apr 2018Feb0.4%0.3%0.1%
23 Mar 2018Jan0.3%1.1%-0.7%
22 Feb 2018Dec-0.8%0%0.3%
25 Jan 2018Nov0.2%0.8%1.6%
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%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 20 July 2018The release after:Canada Retail Sales 21 September 2018Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar