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\u00a0Retail sales in Canada increased by 1.4% in October, according to a report issued by Statistics Canada moments ago, recording its largest increase in five months, to reach $62.0 billion, after declining by about 0.6% in the revised September reading, while expectations had indicated that it would rise to 1.5%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The main index excluding gasoline prices and trade in cars and spare parts increased by 0.9%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In details, sales at petrol stations increased by 6.8%, an increase for the first time in four months, while sales in cars and spare parts trade increased by 0.3% in October, and sales of food and beverage stores increased by 2.2%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Canadian dollar is trading at 1.3621 levels against the US dollar, on the rise, after announcing the data.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0Retail sales in Canada increased by 1.4% in October, according to a report issued by Statistics Canada moments ago, recording its largest increase in five months, to reach $62.0 billion, after declining by about 0.6% in the revised September reading, while expectations had indicated that it would rise to 1.5%. The main index excluding gasoline […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currency-markets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n