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Canada April retail sales +0.7% vs +0.7% expected

2024-06-26FOREXLIVEFOREXLIVE
Canada retail sales data for April 2024 and preliminary May data
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  • Prior was -0.2%
  • Ex autos +1.8% vs +0.7% expected
  • Ex autos and gasoline +1.4%
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers -2.2%
  • Food and beverage retailers +1.9%, led by grocery stores
  • Alberta +3.1%, Ontario -1.0% with Toronto sales -2.5% (Toronto is weakest housing market right now)
  • Preliminary May data -0.6% m/m

Yesterday, RBC reported a slump in Canadian discretionary spending in May so the soft May reading adds up. The market increasingly focuses on the advance estimate rather than the main headline.

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