Canadian retail sales data for November 2018

Canada retail sales chart
  • Weakest since April 2018
  • Prior was +0.3% (revised to +0.2%)
  • Ex autos -0.6% vs -0.4% exp
  • Prior ex autos 0.0% (revised to -0.2%)

Soft reading on the Canadian consumer.Since the summer, the consumer has slowed down considerably. The December data will be key.