加拿大零售销售下滑，加元小幅走高。加元连续第三天处于负值区域。在北美市场，美元/加元交易价格为1.3820，当日上涨0.18%。

Canada's Retail Sales Slips, Canadian Dollar Edges Higher.The Canadian dollar is in negative territory for a third straight day. In the North American session, USD/CAD is trading at 1.3820, up 0.18% on the day.

加拿大：7月零售销售下滑，但8月反弹。由于7月份汽油价格持续下跌，加油站和燃料供应商的收入下降了0.9%。然而，就销量而言，销售额增长了0.2%。

Canada: Retail Sales Falter in July, But Rebound in August.Receipts at gas stations and fuel vendors fell 0.9%, as gasoline prices continued to decline in July. In volumes terms, however, sales rose 0.2% m/m.

加拿大7月份零售额下降0.8%，但提前公布的数据显示8月份出现反弹。加拿大7月份零售额下降0.8%，至696亿加元，比预期的下降0.6%更糟糕。不包括机动车、零部件和燃料在内的核心销售额下降幅度更大，为-1.2%。

Canada's retail sales drop -0.8% mom in July, but advance data signal August rebound.Canadian retail sales declined -0.8% mom to CAD 69.6B in July, worse than expectations of a -0.6% drop. Core sales, which exclude motor vehicles, parts, and fuel, fell even more sharply by -1.2%.

周四，标准普尔/多伦多证交所综合指数上涨0.4%，创下29453点的新高，科技和金融股的上涨抵消了央行放松政策后能源和矿业股的下跌。加拿大银行和美联储均将政策利率下调25个基点，并表示有可能进一步下调，这降低了贴现率，提高了对期限敏感和以增长为导向的行业的估值。加拿大最近的数据显示，劳动力市场降温和经济增长放缓增加了进一步宽松的可能性，并促使投资者重新定价利率。Shopify和Brookfield等对利率敏感的公司是表现最好的公司之一，分别上涨了3%和2.2%，而油价、金价和铜价的下跌对大宗商品生产商造成了压力，限制了该指数的上涨。

The S&P/TSX Composite rose 0.4% to a fresh record of 29,453 on Thursday as gains in tech and financials offset declines in energy and mining stocks following a wave of central bank easing. The Bank of Canada and the US Federal Reserve each cut policy rates by 25 basis points and signalled the possibility of further reductions, which lowered discount rates and lifted valuations for duration sensitive and growth oriented sectors. Recent Canadian data showing a cooling labour market and slowing growth have increased the odds of additional easing and prompted investors to reprice the path of rates. Rate sensitive names such as Shopify and Brookfield were among the top performers adding 3% and 2.2%, respectively, while softer oil, gold and copper prices capped the index’s advance by weighing on commodity producers.