-- (第5段落から第7段落にBMOの解説を追加) カナダ連邦政府は火曜日に発表した春季経済見通しで、2025~2026年度の財政赤字を従来の783億カナダドルから669億カナダドルに下方修正したと発表した。これは経済成長の改善を反映したものだ。 政府は、この赤字は2029~2030年度までに562億カナダドルまで徐々に減少する見込みだと述べた。 また、歳入が603億カナダドル増加したことで、歳出を375億カナダドル増額することが可能になったと付け加えた。 与党自由党は、GDP成長率を2026年に1.1%、その後3年間は毎年1.9%、2030年には1.8%と予測している。 BMOは前日のレポートで、連邦政府は「予算サイクルを刷新したかもしれないが、依然として同じテーマ、つまり歳出増加が歳入増加を相殺し、慢性的な財政赤字につながっている」と指摘した。 BMOは、連邦政府が2026~2027年度の財政赤字を650億ドルと予測しており、これはGDPの2%弱に相当すると指摘した。「これは昨年度の予測値670億ドルよりわずかに改善したに過ぎず、30~3031年度まで赤字が依然として大きい水準にあるため、大きな改善は見込めない」とBMOは述べている。 BMOの結論は、「カナダ経済は秋の予算発表時の予想よりも堅調に推移している。しかし、その結果として得られた歳入増加は、歳出増加によって相殺されており、財政均衡への道筋は見えない」というものだ。
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