CANADA’S 2026 BUDGET INCLUDES C$45 BLN IN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY MEASURES AND C$25 BLN TO ESTABLISH A NEW CANADA GROWTH FUND, WHILE FORECASTING 2026 GDP GROWTH OF 1.0%, DOWN FROM 1.1%, AND 2027 GROWTH OF 1.7%, DOWN FROM 1.9%

Canada's 2026 budget earmarks C$45 billion for housing affordability measures and C$25 billion to establish a new Canada Growth Fund, while revising the federal GDP outlook to 1.0% growth in 2026, down from 1.1%, and 1.7% in 2027, down from a prior figure truncated in the headline. The downgrade signals that fiscal support is being directed toward structural supply and affordability goals rather than near-term demand stimulus, which could weigh on domestic consumption and business investment in the near term. For the Canadian dollar and rate-sensitive assets, the transmission runs through the Bank of Canada's reaction function: slower growth lowers the inflation-pressure outlook and may reinforce expectations for a more accommodative policy path, narrowing the rate differential with the United States and pressuring CAD. Canadian banks and housing-linked equities are most directly exposed given the affordability measures' focus on mortgage and residential construction activity, while long-dated Government of Canada bonds may see demand shifts if the growth downgrade reprices terminal rate expectations. Traders should watch the Bank of Canada's next rate decision and the

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