Tag: GDP Forecast

  • PBO Trims GDP

    Canada’s budget watchdog cuts its growth forecast, puts the five-year cost of the tariff war at 1.4 per cent of output and as many as 185,000 jobs, and warns that Ottawa will miss one of its own fiscal anchors OTTAWA, Oct. 21, 2026 Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer has cut her growth forecast for this year…

  • PBO Cuts Growth

    Canada’s budget watchdog trims its growth forecast for 2026 and 2027, puts a permanent 1.4 per cent hole in real GDP down to the tariff war, and projects a $63.3 billion deficit as counter-tariffs work their way through the economy OTTAWA, October 20, 2026. Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer lowered his economic growth projections for this…