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Federal infrastructure spending plan will boost economy

Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets Inc., explains that the federal government’s infrastructure spending program will boost the economy, if funds are allocated to create effective multipliers.

  • By: Benjamin Tal
  • May 4, 2016 December 15, 2017
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