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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 19 July 2024

Canada Retail Sales 19 July 2024: -0.8% for May 2024, below the -0.6% forecast and against 0.6% in April 2024 (first reported as 0.7%). 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 Jul 2024 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
-0.8%
May 2024
Forecast
-0.6%
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 19 July 2024: -0.8% for May 2024 against a -0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Jul 2024May-0.8%-0.6%0.6%
21 Jun 2024Apr0.7%0.7%-0.3%
24 May 2024Mar-0.2%0%-0.1%
24 Apr 2024Feb-0.1%0.1%-0.3%
22 Mar 2024Jan-0.3%-0.4%0.9%
22 Feb 2024Dec0.9%0.8%0%
19 Jan 2024Nov-0.2%0%0.5%
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%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 21 June 2024The release after:Canada Retail Sales 23 August 2024Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar