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Canada Five-year Outlook
With 2025 in the rear-view mirror, 2026 looks to be another year full of economic uncertainty. The principal turning point will come later in the year, when U.S. mid-term elections and the renegotiation of the CUSMA free trade agreement will decide the medium-term fate of Canada’s economy.
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