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OTTAWA - The federal authorities ran a price range deficit of $73.7 billion for the April to November interval of the present fiscal 12 months.
The Finance Division says the end result in contrast with a deficit of $232 billion in the identical interval a 12 months earlier.
Program spending, excluding web actuarial losses, between April and November totalled $289.5 billion, down from practically $386.4 billion a 12 months earlier.
Public debt prices for the eight-month interval totalled practically $16.5 billion, up from $13.5 billion within the interval interval a 12 months earlier.
Internet actuarial losses amounted to just about $6.9 billion in contrast with practically $10.3 billion a 12 months in the past.
Income for April to November totalled practically $239.2 billion, up from $178.1 billion a 12 months earlier.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 28, 2022.