September 11, 2020 | Scotiabank’s Rebekah Young on fall sales, consumer confidence and who’s buying

Rebekah Young, Scotiabank Economics’ director of fiscal and provincial economics, says some “idiosyncrasies” were behind August’s nine-per-cent decline in sales. She also explains “the strength we’re seeing in Canadian auto sales” as the industry recovers from the pandemic while forecasting 1.6 million in new-vehicle sales in 2020.