August 22, 2025•
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By Erik Hertzberg
(Bloomberg) — Canadian retail gross sales are set to say no after a weak second quarter, capturing a slowdown in consumption spending amid elevated commerce uncertainty and slowing inhabitants progress.
An advance estimate suggests receipts for retailers fell 0.8% in July, following June’s 1.5% soar, based on Statistics Canada knowledge launched Friday.
The June figures matched a median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Retail gross sales rose simply 0.4% within the second quarter, a deceleration from the 1.1% enhance within the first three months of the yr.
The quarterly retail figures are the weakest because the center of 2024 — underscoring client warning within the face of financial and tariff uncertainty. The weak spot additionally probably displays a major slowdown in immigration because of curbs put in place by the Canadian authorities.
“That is in keeping with a usually extra cautious angle amongst customers to spending amid tariff uncertainty notably in comparison with the strong progress seen through the second half of 2024,” Andrew Grantham, an economist with Canadian Imperial Financial institution of Commerce, wrote in a report back to buyers. He added it “isn’t the kind of client spending that ought to fear Financial institution of Canada policymakers from an inflation perspective as they debate whether or not to chop rates of interest additional.”
The statistics company didn’t present particulars for the July estimate, which is predicated on responses from 55% of corporations surveyed.
June’s enhance was pushed by meals, beverage and clothes retailer sectors. Gross sales in all subsectors rose that month.
Excluding autos, gross sales rose 1.9% in June, increased than the median of economist expectations. Core retail gross sales, which exclude gasoline stations and automotive sellers, expanded 0.9% within the second quarter, additionally a deceleration from the 1.8% tempo within the first three months of the yr.
In quantity phrases, complete retail gross sales rose 1.5% in June. Gross sales have been up in six of 10 provinces, and retail gross sales in Toronto rose 3.9% on the month.
The information spotlight step by step slowing family consumption amid tariffs and heightened financial uncertainty, regardless of vital rate of interest cuts from the Financial institution of Canada since final June. Policymakers have held borrowing prices at 2.75% for the previous three conferences as they weigh the weakening financial system in opposition to persistently cussed core inflation pressures.
Up to now, harm from the commerce battle has been restricted to sectors reliant on US demand. The statistics company reported 27% of outlets stated they have been affected by commerce tensions in June, in contrast with 32% in Could. It says the commonest impacts cited have been “worth will increase, change in demand for product and delays within the provide chain.”
–With help from Randy Thanthong-Knight and Mario Baker Ramirez.
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