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March Retail Sales.......................>

CANADA DATA
CANADA DATA:March Retail Sales
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- March retail sales +1.1% vs market consensus of +1.2%
- February sales revised up to +1.0% from +0.8%
- Sales up for second straight month, concentrated in 7 of 11 
subsectors representing 39% of retail trade
- Sales led  by gasoline, up 6.0% largely on higher pump prices. 
Volume gasoline sales largely unchanged on month. 
- Sales ex autos and parts +1.7% vs market consensus of +1.4%
- Sales ex autos, parts & gas +1.0% vs market expectation +1.4%
- Overall sales volumes +0.3% in March
- Sales for Q1 up +0.1% following -0.5% in Q4. By volumes,-0.1% in Q1.

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