The 2023 Budget projects a much larger deficit than the prior Fall Economic Statement and, as a result, the government now agrees with our forecast that the debt-to-GDP ratio will rise. Roughly half of the hit to the budget projection is due to weaker economic growth, however, and the new spending measures – worth just 0.3% of GDP this year – are unlikely to materially impact the outlook for monetary policy.
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