The explanation provided was that as a «result of accounting changes due to the Jobs and Economic Action Plan, public
debt charge forecasts from the Federal Budget are no longer a reasonable estimate of cash - basis expenditures for reporting in the Estimates» [5].
Not exact matches
The result for the six months to March 31 was slightly ahead of consensus
forecasts, on the back of a lower
charge for bad
debts, as credit conditions remained highly favourable.
The higher - than - expected deficit
forecast in 2014 - 15 and lower - than -
forecast surpluses thereafter primarily result from lower personal income taxes and EI premium revenues and higher public
debt charges, offset somewhat by higher - than -
forecast corporate income tax revenues and lower EI benefits.
The decline in public
debt charges for the first quarter is also well above that
forecast for the year as a whole.
The net impact of the slightly more positive economic
forecast is to lower the deficit by $ 0.9 billion in 2010 - 11 from their November 2010 Update, primarily due to the impact of lower - than -
forecast interest rates on public
debt charges.
Based on the financial results for the first seven months of 2016 - 17, public
debt charges could be as much as $ 1 billion lower than
forecast in the Update, while direct program expenses could be at least $ 2 billion lower.
Based on the financial results for the first nine months of 2016 - 17, public
debt charges could be as much as $ 1 billion lower than
forecast in the Update, while direct program expenses could be at least $ 2 billion lower.
Public
debt charges are expected to be about $ 0.4 billion lower than that
forecast in the FES.
The interest rate
forecasts primarily affect public
debt charges.
As a result, the IFSD deficit
forecast appears to be grossly overstated, given its assumptions with respect to PIT revenues and direct program expenses and the resulting impact on public
debt charges.
Budgetary revenues are expected to be $ 5.0 billion higher than
forecast in the April 2017 Budget, program expenses $ 3.1 billion higher and public
debt charges $ 0.4 billion lower.
This coupled with higher interest rates resulted in public
debt charges being nearly $ 125 billion higher in 2050 - 51 than
forecast in the November 2014 report.