- Canada: Retail Sales rise by 1.1% in May vs. 0.3% expected
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19 agosto 2022
Canada: Retail Sales rise by 1.1% in May vs. 0.3% expected
- Retail Sales in Canada grew at a stronger pace than expected in June.
- USD/CAD trades in the positive territory slightly below 1.3000.
Retail Sales in Canada rose by 1.1% on a monthly basis in June following May's increase of 2.3% (revised from 2.2%), the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Friday. This reading came in better than the market expectation for a growth of 0.3%.
Further detail of the publication revealed that Retail Sales in July are expected to decline by 0.2%.
Market reaction
With the initial reaction, USD/CAD edged slightly lower from the monthly high it touched at 1.3004 earlier in the day. As of writing, the pair was still up 0.3% on the day at 1.2985.
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