Federal budget articles
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Four radical reforms to shrink our federal budget
It was exactly 50 years ago that the liberal post-Watergate Congress, dominated by Democratic big spenders, passed a new set of budget rules called the Budget Reform and Impoundment Control Act.
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Macklem says he doesn't think federal budget will have much of an impact on inflation
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said he doesn't think the federal budget tabled last month will have much of an effect on inflation. Macklem was testifying at a Senate committee alongside senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers on Wednesday following the central bank's latest interest rate announcement. The governor said the spending plan hasn't changed the federal government's fiscal track by much, since it's offset by higher revenues. “Since the government's net fiscal plan...
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How Will The 2024 Federal Budget Effect Young People (AKA You)? Here’s 6 Things To Look For
The Australian government will be unveiling the 2024-25 federal budget on May 14, and there’s sure to be plenty of predictions about tax cuts, deficits, surpluses, and winners and losers — but what does it all mean for YOU? How will young people be impacted by the Australian federal budget of 2024-25? In the lead […]