Budget

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Here’s a look at some of the news that caught our eye this week.

The federal government tabled its budget on Wednesday afternoon, which projects a deficit of $28.5 billion for 2017-18. Like last year, there weren’t any changes to the capital gains tax as some had predicted.

Here at Ratehub.ca, our team is an open book: for the last three years, we’ve shared our personal financial goals with you to keep ourselves accountable (check out our 2014, 2015 and 2016 resolutions).