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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 26 May 2022

Canada Retail Sales 26 May 2022: 0% for March 2022, below the 1.4% forecast and against 0.2% in February 2022 (first reported as 0.1%). It is the lowest reading since December 2021. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 26 May 2022 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%
March 2022
Forecast
1.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.2%
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 26 May 2022: 0% for March 2022 against a 1.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
26 May 2022Mar0%1.4%0.2%
22 Apr 2022Feb0.1%-0.4%3.3%
18 Mar 2022Jan3.2%2.4%-2.0%
18 Feb 2022Dec-1.8%-2.1%0.8%
21 Jan 2022Nov0.7%1.2%1.5%
21 Dec 2021Oct1.6%1%-0.3%
19 Nov 2021Sep-0.6%-1.7%1.8%
22 Oct 2021Aug2.1%2%-0.1%
23 Sep 2021Jul-0.6%-1.2%6.0%
20 Aug 2021Jun4.2%4.4%-2.1%
23 Jul 2021May-2.1%-3%-5.7%
23 Jun 2021Apr-5.7%-5%3.6%
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