Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) Department of Finance Appearance on the Public Accounts of Canada 2024

G7 comparisons

Table 1
Real GDP Growth (QAAR and annual)
  Forecast
  23Q1 23Q2 23Q3 23Q4 24Q1 24Q2 24Q3 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Canada 3.9 0.8 -0.6 0.7 2.0 2.2 1.0 6.0 4.2 1.5 1.3 2.4
U.S. 2.8 2.5 4.4 3.2 1.6 3.0 2.8 6.1 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.2
Japan 5.0 2.1 -4.1 0.7 -2.2 2.2 1.2 2.8 0.9 1.5 0.3 1.1
U.K. 0.4 0.0 -0.4 -1.3 2.8 1.8 0.6 8.6 4.8 0.3 1.1 1.5
Euro area -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.7 1.7 6.3 3.6 0.5 0.8 1.2
Germany 0.6 -0.6 0.8 -1.5 0.9 -1.1 0.4 3.6 1.4 -0.1 0.0 0.8
France 0.2 2.7 0.2 1.8 0.8 0.7 1.6 6.8 2.6 1.1 1.1 1.1
Italy 1.4 -0.8 0.9 -0.1 1.3 0.7 0.0 8.8 4.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
China 7.4 2.8 6.1 5.3 6.1 2.0 3.6 8.4 3.0 5.2 4.8 4.5

Sources: Haver Analytics, IMF October 2024 World Economic Outlook. 2004 data are forecast.

Table 2
Employment Rate, %
Country Current (15 to 64) Current (15+)
Canada 74.2 60.8
Germany 77.4 59.5
Japan 79.3 61.6
U.K. 74.5 60.0
France 69.0 52.5
U.S. 71.8 60.1
Italy 62.0 46.5

Note: Last data points are 2024Q3 for Canada and U.S., Japan and U.K., all others are 2024Q2.

Source: OECD

Table 3
G7 Employment Change Since February 2020
(per cent)
  Latest
Canada 7.4
France 5.3
U.S. 4.6
Italy 4.6
Germany 3.6
U.K. 2.1
Japan 0.5

Notes: Last data points are November 2024 for U.S. and Canada, October 2024 for Japan, Italy, and Germany, and 2024 Q3 for U.K. and France. Compares to the level of February 2020, except for France and the UK (2019Q4).

Source: Haver Analytics.

Table 4
Inflation in 2024
(year-over-year, %)
  January February March April May June July August September October November
U.S. 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7
U.K. 4.0 3.4 3.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.3 --
Japan 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.2 --
Germany 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.6 2.0 2.2
Canada 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.6 2.0 1.9
France 3.1 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.8 1.1 1.2 1.3
Italy 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.3
Table 5
Policy Rates

Central Banks
Policy Rate (%) Change since its peak (p.p.)
Federal Reserve 4.50-4.75 -0.75
Bank of England 4.75 -0.50
Bank of Canada 3.25 -1.75
European Central Bank 3.00 -1.00
Bank of Japan 0.25 N.A.

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