Finance Minister Bill Morneau focused entirely on longer-term infrastructure spending in today’s fiscal update, offering no new short-term stimulus measures to bolster the struggling economy. If, as we fear, a housing downturn condemns Canada to another year of below-potential GDP growth next year, we would expect to see some additional short-term stimulus included in next year’s spring budget.
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