Federal government posts $50.9 billion deficit for 2023-24 fiscal year - BNN Bloomberg (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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A veteran Bay Street economist says the Canadian economy has slowed more than enough to justify an interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada, and that underlying inflation may be lower than the central bank thinks.
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One economist says that while Canada’s rapid population growth helped to fill job vacancies after the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also spurred rent price inflation and made housing shortages worse.
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