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Lasting Bang for the Stimulus Buck: Priorities for the 2009 Federal Budget

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William B.P. Robson (C.D. Howe Institute)
Alexandre Laurin (C.D. Howe Institute)
Finn Poschmann (C.D. Howe Institute)
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Unusual economic and political circumstances surround the framing of the 2009 federal budget. A period of global spending outrunning productive capacity has ended with financial crisis and recession in much of the world, Canada included. The sudden slump has prompted demand for, and expectations of, fiscal action.

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Paper provided by C.D. Howe Institute in its series e-briefs with number 70.

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Date of creation: Jan 2009
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Publication status: Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, January 2009
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Keywords: fiscal policy; Canadian government budget;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
E66 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General Outlook and Conditions
H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt

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