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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 20 December 2024

Canada Retail Sales 20 December 2024: 0.6% for October 2024, below the 0.7% forecast and against 0.6% in September 2024 (first reported as 0.4%). It is the highest reading since July 2024. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 Dec 2024 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
0.6%
October 2024
Forecast
0.7%
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 2024: 0.6% for October 2024 against a 0.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Dec 2024Oct0.6%0.7%0.6%
22 Nov 2024Sep0.4%0.4%0.4%
25 Oct 2024Aug0.4%0.5%0.9%
20 Sep 2024Jul0.9%0.6%-0.2%
23 Aug 2024Jun-0.3%-0.3%-0.8%
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%
The release before:Canada Retail Sales 22 November 2024The release after:Canada Retail Sales 23 January 2025Canada Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar