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Country or Region: Canada › Change country
Economic Indicator: General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) › See all Canada indicators, › See General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Canadian Dollar
Currency Symbol: CAD

Data are on a national income accounts basis. The structural budget position is defined as the actual budget deficit (or surplus) less the effects of cyclical deviations of output from potential output. Because of the margin of uncertainty that attaches to estimates of cyclical gaps and to tax and expenditure elasticities with respect to national income, indicators of structural budget positions should be interpreted as broad orders of magnitude. Source: Haver Analytics. The source for gross and net debt is OECD. Latest actual data: 2010 Notes: Fiscal data are on a calendar year basis. Fiscal assumptions: Projections use the baseline forecasts in the latest Budget 2011?A Low-Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth. The IMF staff makes some adjustments to this forecast for differences in macroeconomic projections. The IMF staff forecast also incorporates the most recent data releases from Finance Canada (Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections, Oct.) and Statistics Canada, including federal, provincial, and territorial budgetary outturns through the end of 2010:Q4. Start/end months of reporting year: January/December GFS Manual used: 2001. Comment: Preliminary data: based on quarterly data. Basis of recording: Noncash (accrual) General gover

General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Canada is CAD -65.88 Billion.

In the previous year, 2009, General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Canada was CAD -50.56 Billion General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Canada in 2010 was or will be 30.30% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Canada was or will be CAD -62.54 Billion, which is 5.06% more than the 2010 figure.