Chart 1.1 - Budgetary deficit(-)/surplus(+) (public accounts basis)

Chart 1.2 - Federal Government net debt (public accounts basis)

Chart 2.1 - Canadian interest rates

Chart 2.2 - Canada-U.S. yield curve spreads

Chart 2.3 - CPI inflation

Chart 2.4 - Real GDP growth

Chart 2.5 - Unemployment rate

Chart 2.6 - Cumulative employment growth by region June 1996 to December 1997

Chart 2.7a - Growth in consumer spending

Chart 2.7b - Growth in business fixed investment

Chart 2.8 - Real imports and exports

Chart 2.9 - Current account as a share of GDP

Chart 2.10 - Sources and uses of savings

Chart 3.1 - Program spending

Chart 3.2 - Federal government net debt

Chart 3.3 - Financial requirements (-)/surplus(+)

Chart 4.1 - Income levels of Canadian families with heads age 45-54

Chart 4.2 - Total RESP funds available to a student from $25 invested every two weeks

Chart A2.1 - Alternative measures of the federal budget balance

Chart A3.1 - Federal and provincial-territorial budgetary deficits (public accounts basis)

Chart A3.2 - Provincial-territorial surpluses(+)/deficits(-)

Chart A3.3 - Federal and provincial-territorial net debt (public accounts basis)

Chart A3.4 - Federal and provincial-territorial debt charges (public accounts basis)

Chart A3.5 - Federal and provincial-territorial program spending (public accounts basis)

Chart A3.6 - Federal and provincial-territorial operating balances (public accounts basis)

Chart A4.1 - Total government deficit(+)/surplus(-) (national accounts basis)

Chart A4.2 - Total government deficit(+)/surplus(-) in G-7 countries (national accounts basis)

Chart A4.3 - Total government program spending (national accounts basis)

Chart A4.4 - Total government program spending G-7 countries (national accounts basis)

Chart A4.5 - Total government net debt in G-7 countries (national accounts basis)

Chart A7.1 - Federal tax relief D increased tax-free income

Chart A7.2 - Federal tax relief D general surtax: typical single