Major Miss: Cdn Retail Sales

[Rareearth]

Interest rate hikes all in a effort to cool housing in Toronto and Vancouver.

Result, kill consumer confidence and jobs.

Brilliant, just brilliant

[tweety]

bucket, loonie fallout is good news for canola and cattle prices, etc . . . .

But the shits for going to Arizona, or Hawaii, or Vegas, or...

[farmaholic]

But the shits for going to Arizona, or Hawaii, or Vegas, or...

The seasoned travelers have their cash converted ....

[shtferbrains]

I'm betting if you add in the xtra cash payed at retail for tax hikes consumer spending is actually up significantly.

Consumers are spending more but Governments need a bigger cut to pay for spending deficits.

PST, Carbon tax,etc.

[tweety]

Hardly buy things at a store anymore, Errol, does this include online sales? Seems it is just stores, which less people are going to.

[URL="http://www.bnn.ca/loonie-slides-as-retail-sales-unexpectedly-fall-0-3-in-august-1.890697"]http://www.bnn.ca/loonie-slides-as-retail-sales-unexpectedly-fall-0-3-in-august-1.890697[/URL]

And, click the little globe, paste the address in. Why have others do it for you every time?

[SASKFARMER3]

We change Canadian to USA dollars every time the Canadian gets a little over 80cent mark.

Covered till 2019 for spending down their most that travel I believe do the same.

Funny always here prices for products can't come down.

Truck I just bought was cheaper than the last one four years ago in the boom.

I think we're not going to like what's coming