Chart 5: Sales indicators have deteriorated for firms tied to discretionary consumer spending https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=239538 Firms tied to essential spending (balance of opinion,* four-quarter moving average) Firms tied to discretionary spending (balance of opinion,* four-quarter moving average) Historical average balance of opinion of all firms, sales indicators 741025 92551 152519 02520 13325 -102525