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加拿大零售銷售數據顯示第一季業績良好,但受汽油價格上漲影響,第二季成長可能放緩,加拿大帝國商業銀行表示。

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-- 加拿大帝國商業銀行(CIBC)在周五公佈數據後表示,儘管汽油價格上漲開始擠壓家庭收入,但2月份加拿大零售銷售仍延續了年初的強勁勢頭,未來仍將面臨更嚴峻的考驗。 該銀行指出,2月整體銷售額較上月成長0.7%,略低於市場普遍預期的0.9%,但高於上月向上修正後的1.2%的季增幅。 剔除汽車和汽油的核心銷售額較上季成長0.6%,整體銷售量較上季成長0.3%。汽車、食品飲料、一般商品和服裝業的銷售額較上季均成長約1%。 CIBC表示,3月份的初步預估顯示整體銷售額環比增長0.6%,看似“穩健”,但當月汽油價格的大幅上漲將拉高這一名義數字,實際銷售額可能與上月基本持平。 據該銀行稱,總體而言,第一季零售銷售似乎創下了自美國貿易緊張局勢開始對消費者信心產生負面影響以來的最佳季度增長。 然而,由於油價上漲限制了部分家庭的非必需品支出能力,加拿大帝國商業銀行(CIBC)預計第二季消費者支出規模將再次放緩。

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