{"id":2408,"date":"2020-09-14T17:16:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financesofthenation.ca\/staging\/6309\/?page_id=2408"},"modified":"2021-02-17T23:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:04:40","slug":"fiscal-gap-simulator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/financesofthenation.ca\/staging\/6309\/fiscal-gap-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Debt Sustainability Simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Debt sustainability analysis projects government revenues and expenditures forward to explore whether debt to GDP ratios grow without bound. Fiscal gap analysis is a particular tool to quantify what fiscal adjustment, if any, is necessary to ensure sustainability of public finances. These gaps represent the required change in primary balances (as a share of GDP) to maintain net debt to GDP ratios over a desired time horizon. 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