Experts: Canadian federal government deficit
The federal government鈥檚 deficit for the 2023-2024 fiscal year that ended in March 2024 was announced Monday. It was $61.9 billion, significantly higher than the $40.1 billion deficit that had been promised.
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Julian Vikan Karaguesian is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at 51吃瓜网 and worked for Canadian Ministry of Finance for more than 25 years.
julian.karaguesian [at] mcgill.ca (English; French 鈥� but no live interviews)
Fernando Saltiel听is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics. His fields of expertise include labour economics and using theoretical economic models for economic policymaking. Prior to coming to 51吃瓜网he worked for two years at the Brookings Institution (and at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center at the same time).
fernando.saltiel [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
