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Canada Retail Sales 20 August 2021

Canada Retail Sales 20 August 2021: 4.2% for June 2021, below the 4.4% forecast and up from -2.1% in May 2021. It is the highest reading since February 2021. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 Aug 2021 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
4.2%
June 2021
Forecast
4.4%
The market consensus
Previous
-2.1%
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 August 2021: 4.2% for June 2021 against a 4.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Aug 2021Jun4.2%4.4%-2.1%
23 Jul 2021May-2.1%-3%-5.7%
23 Jun 2021Apr-5.7%-5%3.6%
21 May 2021Mar3.6%2.3%4.8%
28 Apr 2021Feb4.8%4%-1.1%
19 Mar 2021Jan-1.1%-3%-3.4%
19 Feb 2021Dec-3.4%-2.5%1.3%
22 Jan 2021Nov1.3%0.1%0.4%
18 Dec 2020Oct0.4%0.2%1.1%
20 Nov 2020Sep1.1%0.2%0.5%
21 Oct 2020Aug0.4%1.1%0.6%
18 Sep 2020Jul0.6%1%22.7%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 23 July 2021The release after:Canada Retail Sales 23 September 2021Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar