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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 20 December 2022

Canada Retail Sales 20 December 2022: 1.4% for October 2022, below the 1.5% forecast and against -0.6% in September 2022 (first reported as -0.5%). It is the highest reading since May 2022. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 20 Dec 2022 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
1.4%
October 2022
Forecast
1.5%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.6%
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 2022: 1.4% for October 2022 against a 1.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Dec 2022Oct1.4%1.5%-0.6%
22 Nov 2022Sep-0.5%-0.5%0.4%
21 Oct 2022Aug0.7%0.2%-2.2%
23 Sep 2022Jul-2.5%-2%1%
19 Aug 2022Jun1.1%0.3%2.3%
22 Jul 2022May2.2%1.6%0.7%
21 Jun 2022Apr0.9%0.8%0.2%
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%
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