Survey of Private Sector Economic Forecasters

The Department of Finance regularly surveys about 15 private sector forecasters for their views on the main economic variables, such as gross domestic product, the unemployment rate and interest rates. The average of private sector forecasts forms the basis for the economic assumptions used for fiscal planning purposes in the budget and the fall update.

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Title (French)	Enquête auprès des prévisionnistes du secteur privé
Update Frequency	as_needed
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Open Canada Date Published	2010-09-14 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified	2019-01-24 00:00:00
Open Canada Subject	["economics_and_industry"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"fr": ["conditions économiques", "situation économique", "planification financière", "inflation", "PIB", "produit intérieur brut", "IPC", "indice des prix à la consommation", "croissance de l'emploi", "taux de chômage", "bon du Trésor", "titre d'État", "économie américaine", "économie des États-Unis", "économie des É-U", "tendances économiques", "indice des prix"], "en": ["economic conditions", "economic situation", "fiscal planning", "inflation", "GDP", "gross domestic product", "CPI", "consumer price index", "employment growth", "job growth", "unemployment rate", "T-bills", "Treasury bills", "government securities", "economic forecasts", "American economy", "US economy", "United States economy", "economic trends", "price indexes", "economic price indexes"]}
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