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Canada Budget Balance

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Oct 25, 2024

Actual

-2.55B

-4.40B

Government deficit or surplus is the net of operating surplus and public debt charges.The budget of a government is a summary or plan of the intended revenues and expenditures of that government.Surplus in general refers to an excess of income over expenditure.Deficit refers to the negative of the budget surplus, thus the excess of expenditure over income.
A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the CAD , while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the CAD.

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Currency: CAD

Source: Department of Finance Canada

Release Date	Time	Actual	Previous
Nov 29, 2024 (Sep)	11:00		-2.55B
Oct 25, 2024 (Aug)	10:00	-2.55B	-4.40B
Sep 27, 2024 (Jul)	10:00	-4.40B	0.94B
Aug 30, 2024 (Jun)	10:00	0.94B	1.10B
Jul 26, 2024 (May)	10:00	1.10B	-33.59B
May 31, 2024 (Mar)	10:00	-33.59B	8.30B

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