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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 20 December 2019

Canada Retail Sales 20 December 2019: -1.2% for October 2019, below the 0.5% forecast and against 0% in September 2019 (first reported as -0.1%). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 7 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 Dec 2019 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
-1.2%
October 2019
Forecast
0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0%
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 December 2019: -1.2% for October 2019 against a 0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Dec 2019Oct-1.2%0.5%0%
22 Nov 2019Sep-0.1%-0.1%0.1%
22 Oct 2019Aug-0.1%0.4%0.6%
20 Sep 2019Jul0.4%0.6%-0.1%
23 Aug 2019Jun0%-0.1%-0.2%
19 Jul 2019May-0.1%0.3%0.2%
21 Jun 2019Apr0.1%0.2%1.3%
22 May 2019Mar1.1%1%1%
18 Apr 2019Feb0.8%0.4%-0.4%
22 Mar 2019Jan-0.3%0.4%-0.3%
22 Feb 2019Dec-0.1%-0.3%-0.9%
23 Jan 2019Nov-0.9%-0.6%0.2%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 22 November 2019The release after:Canada Retail Sales 24 January 2020Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar