The reading right now

As of January 2023, Government expenditure for Canada stood at 20.9%. That is up 0.49 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 21.1%, ranging from a low of 20.4% in January 2022 to a high of 22.7% in January 2020. The current reading sits 0.03 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 20.9%.

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