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スコシアバンクは、カナダの春季経済報告は勢いを維持するだろうと述べている。

-- スコシアバンクによると、カナダ国民は来週火曜日、マーク・カーニー首相率いる政権が新たな財政枠組みの下で策定した1兆ドル規模の計画の進捗状況について、初めて確認する機会を得ることになる。 同行は、2026年春季経済報告は、極めて不確実な世界情勢の中で発表されるが、こうした状況はカナダの野心的な投資主導型戦略の必要性を改めて浮き彫りにしていると指摘した。 スコシアバンクは、短期的な経済活動は依然として低迷しているものの、リスクが軽減するにつれて回復に向かうと予測している。インフレリスクへの対応が当面カナダ銀行の政策決定の焦点から外れているため、短期的な負担は財政政策に大きく移り、下振れリスクが顕在化した場合に備え、財政政策の選択肢を維持することがより安全な選択肢となる可能性がある。 多くの逆風があるにもかかわらず、名目成長率の力強い見通しは、今回の報告で財政余地が拡大する可能性を示唆していると同行は指摘した。これは追加支出の可能性を開くかもしれないが、スコシアバンクは、支出は以前の財政赤字の枠組み内で行われると想定している。 このようなシナリオでは、債務比率は大幅に改善する可能性があり、これは過去のGDPの大幅な修正を反映している。 今回の改定は、非常に不安定な市場環境下で行われる。適切に方向付けられた財政政策と、実質的な変化が見られない可能性のある最終損益は、短期的には市場を動かす可能性は低い、と同行は付け加えた。 より重要なのは、投資アジェンダが勢いを増している兆候だろう。一部の投資家は、実行面と地政学的リスクの両方について依然として慎重な姿勢を崩さない可能性があるからだ。 全体として、今回の改定は、勢いを維持し、成果をより明確にするとともに、2026年度予算におけるより大胆な措置の土台を築くことを目的としていると考えられる。

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