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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 21 December 2023

Canada Retail Sales 21 December 2023: 0.7% for October 2023, below the 0.8% forecast and against 0.5% in September 2023 (first reported as 0.6%). It is the highest reading since April 2023. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 21 Dec 2023 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
0.7%
October 2023
Forecast
0.8%
The market consensus
Previous
0.5%
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 21 December 2023: 0.7% for October 2023 against a 0.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Dec 2023Oct0.7%0.8%0.5%
24 Nov 2023Sep0.6%0%-0.1%
20 Oct 2023Aug-0.1%-0.3%0.4%
22 Sep 2023Jul0.3%0.4%0.1%
23 Aug 2023Jun0.1%0%0.1%
21 Jul 2023May0.2%0.5%1%
21 Jun 2023Apr1.1%0.2%-1.5%
19 May 2023Mar-1.4%-1.4%-0.2%
21 Apr 2023Feb-0.2%-0.6%1.6%
24 Mar 2023Jan1.4%0.7%0%
21 Feb 2023Dec0.5%0.5%0%
20 Jan 2023Nov-0.1%-0.5%1.3%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 24 November 2023The release after:Canada Retail Sales 19 January 2024Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar