Finances of the Nation is a new project to create data and research on public finance policies in Canada, and disseminate them on the web.
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Finances of the Nation (FON) is devoted to creating data and doing research on public finance in Canada. We’ve got a number of new initiatives to support that goal bit.ly/2Ocol5i.
We're releasing a new tool to explore and understand public finances in Canada: a METR simulator! 🥳
Post explaining the tool: financesofthenation.ca/2026/…
The new simulator: financesofthenation.ca/metr/
Feedback very welcome! #cdnecon
Excited to launch the Third Annual Student Infographics Competition for 2025/26! This year’s focus is on trade, tariffs, and (policy) tradeoffs. Top prize of $500, and runner-up prize of $300.
Details here: financesofthenation.ca/stude… #takeecon #cdnpoli #cdnecon
Finances of the Nation and the @LazaridisSchool are thrilled to announce the winner of the third annual 2025 Infographic Competition is Hannah Tsui and Matthew Tang of Corpus Cristi College!
Details here: financesofthenation.ca/2025/… #cdnecon #takeecon
We're thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024 Finances of the Nation and @LazaridisSchool Infographic Competition is Gabriel Louër of the University of Winnipeg!!
Congratulations Gabriel! 🥳
Details here: financesofthenation.ca/2024/… #cdnecon
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The 7th Empirical Microeconomics Workshop in Banff will be June 8 and 9, 2024! 🥳 Application deadline is fast approaching (Feb 2).
The workshop will focus on empirical microeconomic research on political economy. Details here: sites.google.com/site/econat… #cdnecon
We're pleased to announce the Government Revenue and Expenditure database is now updated to 2022/23!
Check it out here: financesofthenation.ca/real-… #cdnecon 👇
Get ready for the 2nd Annual Student Infographic Competition 2023/24! 🎉
Join us and @LazaridisSchool to explore the latest public finance data and share your insights!! 📊✨
#takeecon #cdnecon
Find out more: financesofthenation.ca/stude…
We'd also like to celebrate once again Evan Clementino's fabulous work from last year's competition: financesofthenation.ca/2023/… 🥳
Don't miss what nearly 4,000 people have already tried over the past couple days: a fully-interactive Alberta Pension Plan simulator! 👇
Learn what different scenarios means for an APP: financesofthenation.ca/2023/… #cdnecon #cdnpoli #ableg
With the pros and cons of an Alberta Pension Plan being discussed, our new tool might help sort through all the possibilities!
An APP simulator!! 🥳🤓👇
financesofthenation.ca/2023/… #ableg #cdnecon
Review the latest federal Fiscal Monitor data for July 2023! Our current forecast for the budget deficit this year is now $60 billion, an increase from prior forecasts. financesofthenation.ca/2023/… #cdnecon #cdnpoli
Our national balance sheet data is now updated to the latest for Q2 2023! 🥳
financesofthenation.ca/natio… #cdnecon
Congratulations to @LazaridisSchool economics graduate, Evan Clementino -- winner of the inaugural Finances of the Nation Infographic competition!! 🥳 See his work and details here: financesofthenation.ca/2023/… #cdnecon
Want to learn more about capital gains tax reform in Canada? We're excited to share a new simulation tool to explore different possibilities!!
financesofthenation.ca/2023/… #cdnecon
What's the state of federal finances? And where might we be headed this fiscal year?
Check out the latest from @FONCanada and its shiny new FoNBot summarizing recent data! financesofthenation.ca/2023/… #cdnecon #cdnpoli
Our national balance sheet data is now updated to reflect the latest for Q3 2022 released today!
financesofthenation.ca/natio… #cdnecon
With today's major release from @StatCan_eng, we've updated our Federal Fiscal Balances dataset. financesofthenation.ca/feder…
Our debt sustainability simulator now includes the Fall Economic Statement 2022 projections into its medium-term calculations.
Details here: financesofthenation.ca/fisca…
Finances of the Nation is excited to launch a new student infographic competition! Explore the latest public finance and economic data and share your insights.
Details: financesofthenation.ca/stude… #cdnecon
