Canada retail sales for the month of July -0.7% vs -0.8% estimate

Prior month 0.6% The advanced August reading comes in at 1.3% Details from Statistics Canada: Retail sales:−0.7% to C$73.7 billion vs −0.8% expected. Prior +0.6%. Retail sales excluding autos:−0.7% vs −0.5% expected. Prior +0.5%. Core retail sales:−0.7% after +1.2% in June. This…