-- 蒙特利尔银行（BMO）指出，加拿大联邦政府将于周二晚些时候发布财政更新报告，该行预计报告中赤字数据将“好于预期”。 BMO的罗伯特·卡夫西奇表示：“与此次更新前对2026/27财年654亿加元赤字的预估相比，财政状况似乎有所好转。在石油危机爆发之前，财政状况明显优于预期。4月至次年2月期间（即本财年的前11个月），赤字为255亿加元，仅比上年同期的192亿加元略高。虽然年终调整幅度可能较大，但与2025/26财年预计的783亿加元赤字相比，似乎也存在显著的改善空间，而这一赤字可能会延续到下一个财年。三大主要组成部分的运行情况均好于预算预期：收入小幅增长（而非预期下降），利息支出略有下降（而非预期小幅上升），项目支出低于预算中近7%的增幅。 “正是由于这些额外的空间，渥太华才在此次更新前积极推出了一些新措施。”这包括暂时取消燃油消费税（预计耗资约24亿加元）；更慷慨的商品及服务税（GST）退税；以及对新建住房的统一销售税（HST）减免和与安大略省达成的基础设施协议。 与此同时，总理马克·卡尼宣布计划设立加拿大首个主权财富基金。据蒙特利尔银行（BMO）报道，为了减少对外部市场的经济依赖并提高生产力，“加拿大强大基金”将与私营部门合作伙伴一起，投资于包括基础设施、能源、采矿、农业和科技在内的重大项目。
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