VOT Research Desk
According to Statistics Canada’s figures released on Tuesday, monthly retail sales in Canada decreased by 0.5% in September.
This report exceeded the market consensus for a decline of 0.7% and followed August’s growth of 0.4%.
According to additional information in the publication, Retail Sales ex-Autos decreased by 0.7% during the same time period compared to analysts’ expectations of a 0.4% decline.
These data received no immediate response from USD/CAD, which was last seen trading at 1.3405 and was down 0.3% daily.
