fiscal monitor – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:16:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png fiscal monitor – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Federal government posts $3.9B deficit in April, May https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/federal-government-posts-3-9b-deficit-in-april-may/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:16:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=490051 Sharp difference from last year when the result for the first two months of the fiscal year was a $1.5 billion surplus

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]]> Deficit spending is a boon for equity markets https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/equities/deficit-spending-is-a-boon-for-holders-of-government-debt/ Tue, 07 May 2024 17:30:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=485229 Morten Springborg of C WorldWide Asset Management says market liquidity has been improved by unconstrained fiscal spending

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]]> Transcript: Deficit spending is a boon for equity markets https://www.investmentexecutive.com/soundbites/transcripts/transcript-deficit-spending-is-a-boon-for-holders-of-government-debt/ Tue, 07 May 2024 17:01:31 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=485237 Morten Springborg of C WorldWide Asset Management says market liquidity has been improved by unconstrained fiscal spending

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]]> Quebec tables budget with $11B deficit https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/quebec-tables-budget-158-billion-budget-with-11b-deficit/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:47:01 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=482031 Finance minister Eric Girard offers no precise timeline to balance books

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]]> Ontario budget set for March 26 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/ontario-budget-set-for-march-26/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:19:07 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481797 Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says there will be no tax increases

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]]> Busy election year has market implications https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/busy-election-year-has-market-implications/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:41:50 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=480997 Fiscal, monetary policy tends to ease, uncertainty rises in election years

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]]> Federal government posts $3.1 surplus for first 11 months of 2022-23 fiscal year https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/federal-government-posts-3-1-surplus-for-first-11-months-of-2022-23-fiscal-year/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:48:09 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=464612 Interest rates pushed debt charges up 40.7%

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]]> Federal government posts $3.9B surplus for April to August https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/federal-government-posts-3-9b-surplus-for-april-to-august/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:52:23 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=454508 Program expenses dropped to $190B from $154.5B in first five months of 21-22

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