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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 19 June 2020

Canada Retail Sales 19 June 2020: -26.4% for April 2020, below the -15.1% forecast and down from -10% in March 2020. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 19 Jun 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
-26.4%
April 2020
Forecast
-15.1%
The market consensus
Previous
-10%
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 19 June 2020: -26.4% for April 2020 against a -15.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Jun 2020Apr-26.4%-15.1%-10%
22 May 2020Mar-10%-10%0.4%
21 Apr 2020Feb0.3%0.2%0.6%
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%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 22 May 2020The release after:Canada Retail Sales 21 July 2020Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar