The ongoing supply chain disruptions and unseasonably warm weather explain most of the weakness of retail sales in September, but it seems likely that the winding down of fiscal support to households also played a role. As the CRB program ended in October and the flooding in BC this week will worsen the supply chain disruptions, there is little chance of sales volumes rising strongly over the rest of the year.
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