Report says federal deficit stood at $68.6B halfway through fiscal year, Freeland to meet with economists

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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to issue fiscal update halfway through year, monthly report says deficit roughly in line with budget projections

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is meeting with private sector economists Friday afternoon ahead of a promised fall fiscal update, while a new report from her department shows the federal deficit stood at $68.6-billion at the halfway point of the current fiscal year.

Finance Canada’s monthly fiscal monitor report, which tracks federal spending and revenue trends, said the $68.6-billion deficit from April to September compares to a deficit of $198.1-billion during those same six months one year earlier as Canada dealt with the initial waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friday’s report said there was a budgetary deficit of $11.4-billion September 2021, compared to a deficit of $27.6-billion in September 2020.

 

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