The surprisingly resilient 0.2% m/m gain in retail sales in May, which was above the consensus forecast of no change, means that monthly GDP probably only contracted by 0.3% m/m despite the disruption caused by the Alberta wildfires. In volume terms, sales increased by 0.1% m/m.
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