Federal debt

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In a recent Fraser Institute study, experts raised concerns about the trajectory of Canada's current fiscal policies, highlighting ...

Canadians will shell out more than $1,750 per person on government debt interest this year, for a total ...

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The House Ways and Means Committee Oversight Subcommittee holds a hearing on "The True Price of Federal Debt ...

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The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has released an assessment of the sustainability of Canada's government finances and concluded ...

The U.S. federal deficit surged 156 percent in the year through June as expenditures jumped while revenues continued ...

America's public debt is projected to rise to record levels over the next three decades, according to a ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Monday that debt limit talks with Democrats and President Joe Biden are "not in ...

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With a little over a week before the federal government releases Budget 2023, a stress test of the current ...

Canadian taxpayers will contribute more than $1,300 per person toward government interest payments for federal and provincial debts ...

Canada's combined federal and provincial net debt is expected to exceed $2.1 trillion in the 2022–2023 fiscal year, ...

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A majority of Americans, 61 percent, blame the Biden administration for soaring inflation, which is currently at a 40-year-high, according to ...

Every Canadian's share of federal debt has spiked by more than $12,000, or an increase of 35.3 percent, ...

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The Biden administration's massive spending plans are bound to drive inflation higher, according to Barbara Kolm, founder and ...