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Canada’s retail sales decrease more than forecast in April
Statistics
Canada announced on Wednesday that the Canadian retail sales decreased 5.7
percent m-o-m to CAD54.77 billion in April, following an unrevised 3.6 percent
m-o-m gain in March.
This was the first decline in retail sales since January and the sharpest one since
April 2020, and coincided with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Economists
had forecast a 5.0 percent m-o-m drop for April.
According
to the report, sales fell in 9 of 11 subsectors in April, accounting for 74.2
percent of total retail sales, led by lower sales at clothing and clothing
accessories stores (-28.6 percent m-o-m) and general merchandise stores (-8.1 percent
m-o-m). Meanwhile, sales at food and beverage stores (+0.6 percent m-o-m) and
miscellaneous store retailers (+0.9 percent m-o-m) recorded gains. Core retail
sales, which excludes gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers,
plunged 7.6 percent m-o-m in April after growing 4.7 percent m-o-m in March.
This represented the steepest decline in a year and the second-largest decrease on
record.
In y-o-y terms, Canadian retail sales climbed 56.7
percent in April, following an unrevised 23.7 percent jump in March.
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