Canada retail sales
- Prior month +0.3% (revised to +0.4%)
- The August advanced estimate last month was for a 0.3% decline
- Ex autos +0.1% vs 0.0% expected
- Prior month ex auto +1.0%
- Sept advanced estimate 0.0%
- August y/y sales % vs +2.0% prior
- Sales ex autos y/y vs +0.4% prior
USD/CAD was trading down 14 pips to 1.3706 ahead of this report.