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Province projects $18 2 billion deficit with no timeline for balancing books
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Local MLAs defend 2021 budget
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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Mar 1, 2021 12:50pm An oil terminal in North York, Ont. (Rene Johnston/Toronto Star)
The Lead
A Reuters survey has found that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’s (OPEC) oil output fell to 24.89 million barrels per day (bdp) in February. This value was down 870,000 bpd from January, reflecting the first monthly decline since June 2020.
“So far, the members of the alliance have been cooperating and implementing the cuts in exemplary fashion,” said analyst Eugen Weinberg at Commerzbank. “We believe that the high prices will prompt OPEC+ to step up its production by 500,000 barrels per day, while at the same time withdrawing Saudi Arabia’s additional production cut.”
MLA Rowswell reacts to provincial budget
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Deficit and debt
Thursday’s budget forecasts Alberta’s taxpayer-supported debt will reach $115 billion in 2021-22, up from a projected $98.3 billion in 2020-21.
Net provincial taxpayer supported debt is forecast to climb even higher in 2022-23 to $128.1 billion and $132.5 billion in 2023-24. The province’s net taxpayer supported debt in 2019-2020 was $74.1 billion. Alberta is projected to pay $2.76 billion in debt servicing costs in 2021-22, rising to $3.08 billion in 2022-23 and $3.33 billion in 2023-24.
The province is forecasting a $20.2-billion deficit for 2020-21, which is projected to shrink to $18.2 billion for 2021-22, $11 billion in 2022-23 and $8 billion by 2023-24.
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