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加拿大丰业银行的霍尔特表示,加拿大联邦政府2025-2026财年的赤字可能“达到”目标,甚至可能低于预期。

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-- 加拿大丰业银行副总裁兼资本市场经济主管德里克·霍尔特表示,额外的刺激措施、2025-2026财年的最终赤字、对未来赤字和债券发行的“预估”,以及主权财富基金计划的细节,将是加拿大春季经济报告和财政更新的“关键”内容。该报告将于周二收盘后发布。 “永远不要认真对待赤字和债券发行的预测;财政部在预测规模和错过拐点方面的记录非常糟糕。分析师群体的记录也一样糟糕,”他说道。 “这是因为意外情况时有发生,比如大宗商品价格暴涨;政治因素会通过支出一些意料之外的改善措施来干扰预测;而且经济表现并不总是符合预期,无论好坏。这是一个艰难的行业。比围绕任何人的预测经常出现的那些夸夸其谈要艰难得多。” 然而,霍尔特表示,在这种情况下,加拿大联邦政府2025-2026财年的赤字可能达到预期,或者通过支出全部或大部分意外之财,实现赤字低于预期。他补充道:“物价上涨无疑对政府有利,因为政府对所有价格飙升的大宗商品征税,而相关的价格平减指数并非消费者物价指数(CPI),而是广义GDP平减指数,它作为名义GDP的驱动因素,影响着财政状况。国内经济表现可能好于预期。由于各项计划规模庞大且复杂,政府支出计划的推出充满不确定性。政府可能会出台更多支出措施,但他们也已经提前公布了很多。”

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