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Canada Retail Sales 20 March 2020

Canada Retail Sales 20 March 2020: 0.4% for January 2020, above the 0.3% forecast and against 0.2% in December 2019 (first reported as 0%). 5 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 Mar 2020 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
0.4%
January 2020
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 20 March 2020: 0.4% for January 2020 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Mar 2020Jan0.4%0.3%0.2%
21 Feb 2020Dec0%0.1%1.1%
24 Jan 2020Nov0.9%0.4%-1.1%
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%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 21 February 2020The release after:Canada Retail Sales 21 April 2020Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar