Survey of Private Sector Economic Forecasters

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. 2020-01-27 Department of Finance Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Economics and Industryeconomic conditionseconomic situationfiscal planninginflationGDPgross domestic productCPIconsumer price indexemployment growthjob growthunemployment rateT-billsTreasury billsgovernment securitieseconomic forecastsAmerican economyUS economyUnited States economyeconomic trendsprice indexeseconomic price indexes Data tables: 1994 to presentXLS https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/fin/migration/pub/psf-psp/xls/psf-psp-eng.xls Data tables: 1994 to presentXLS https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/fin/migration/pub/psf-psp/xls/psf-psp-fra.xls Description of VariablesHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/services/publications/private-sector-survey/description.html Description of VariablesHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-finances/services/publications/enquete-secteur-prive/description.html Data tables: 1994 to presentHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/services/publications/private-sector-survey.html Data tables: 1994 to presentHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-finances/services/publications/enquete-secteur-prive.html Data tables: 1994 to presentCSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/fin/migration/pub/psf-psp/data/psf-psp-csv-eng.zip Data tables: 1994 to presentCSV https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/fin/migration/pub/psf-psp/data/psf-psp-csv-fra.zip

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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