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Net debt as a percentage of GDP is calculated using nominal GDP for the calendar year ending in the fiscal year (e.g. for 2022–23, net debt is divided by GDP for the 2022 calendar year.) GDP is from Statistics Canada. [10] The net debt series begins in 1998–99 since earlier data is not directly comparable, due to a break in the data ...
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) World Economic Outlook reports that for 2021 Canada's net debt-to-GDP ratio was 32% and the gross debt-to-GDP ratio was 113%. [51] According to the IMF, for the last 15 years, Canada had the lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio, at around 33%, among G7 countries. [ 52 ]
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.
The Canadian dollar touched a 4-1/2-year low against its U.S. counterpart on Monday before recouping its losses and Canadian bond yields rose, as investors weighed the fiscal implications of the ...
The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed. The loonie was trading 0.3% higher at C$1.4034 to the greenback, or 71.26 U ...
The Canadian dollar weakened to a 4-1/2-year low against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as the greenback notched broad-based gains and a recent widening in the gap between U.S. and Canadian bond ...
Newfoundland and Labrador public debt per capita at $27,761, was the highest in Canada. [18]: 141 The RBC said in April 2019, that the Ford government's debt target is soft, aiming to reduce the net debt-to-GDP ratio to "less than the inherited 40.8%" in the early years to "38.6% by 2023-2024." [20]
The clock was resurrected in 2011 to show the federal debt per capita. [17] The clock is still used at events across the country, most recently in the summer of 2016 when the debt clock was toured across the country by Federal Director Aaron Wudrick to raise awareness of Canada's growing debt burden.