Analysts at TD Securities suggest that Canada’s June retail sales will give the last look at growth conditions ahead of Q2 GDP.
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“TD looks for sales to surprise slightly to the downside at -0.5% m/m on weaker motor vehicles, leaving the ex-autos measure down 0.2% (market: -0.2%, -0.1%, respectively). This would leave real retail sales down ~0.7% on the month but up 2.9% q/q (saar) for Q2 as a whole.”