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Canada Retail Sales

Canada Retail Sales 21 March 2025

Canada Retail Sales 21 March 2025: -0.6% for January 2025, below the -0.4% forecast and against 2.6% in December 2024 (first reported as 2.5%). It is the lowest reading since May 2024. 7 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 21 Mar 2025 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
-0.6%
January 2025
Forecast
-0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
2.6%
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 21 March 2025: -0.6% for January 2025 against a -0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Canada Retail Sales 21 March 2025: -0.6% vs -0.4% forecast (Statistics Canada). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/ca-retail-sales/2025-03-21

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Mar 2025Jan-0.6%-0.4%2.6%
21 Feb 2025Dec2.5%1.6%0%
23 Jan 2025Nov0%0.2%0.6%
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%
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