debt interest

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Trudeau government can’t bank on low interest rates forever

A one percentage point increase in the effective interest rate would increase Ottawa's annual debt interest costs by $13.8 billion.


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Alberta fiscal update projects budget deficits over next three years—with consequences

The update projects a $21.3 billion provincial budget deficit in 2020/21.


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Trudeau floats false rhetoric on ‘new’ taxes

Debt interest will cost Ottawa an estimated $19.5 billion this year.


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Federal finances remain vulnerable to fluctuating interest rates

In the 1990s, federal debt-interest costs routinely eclipsed 30 per cent of revenues.


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Interest payments on household debt consume 6 per cent of disposable income compared to almost 11 per cent in 1990.


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Ontario will add $34 billion in debt over the next three years.