{"id":2059,"date":"2023-03-23T17:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/2023\/03\/23\/saskatchewan-budget-2023-revenue-windfall-tapers-large-surplus-persists\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T17:16:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:16:01","slug":"saskatchewan-budget-2023-revenue-windfall-tapers-large-surplus-persists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/canadian-analysis\/provincial-and-fiscal-outlooks\/provincial-budgets-and-economic-statements\/saskatchewan-budget-2023-revenue-windfall-tapers-large-surplus-persists\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Budget 2023: Revenue windfall tapers, large surplus persists"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Saskatchewan projects a second-straight $1-billion+ surplus in FY 2023 \u2013 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Province forgoes tax cuts, opting to pay down debt and up capital expenditures ($3.7 billion in FY 2023 \u2013 2024) instead.<\/li>\n<li>Net debt-to-GDP ratio among the lowest in Canada, expected to fall from 14.1% in FY 2022-2023 to 13.2% in FY 2023-2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fiscal balance remains in (big) surplus<\/h4>\n<p>Like other resource-producing economies, booming commodity markets put Saskatchewan in a solid financial position in Budget 2023. After turning a projected $463 million deficit into a $1.1 billion surplus in FY 2022 \u2013 2023, there potentially was room for returning some of the revenue bounty to taxpayers this year. Instead, the government held back on tax cuts and opted to present another projected outsized surplus of $1.0 billion in FY 2023-2024. Lower revenue expectations (-2.9%), tighter expenditures (-2.4%), a capital investment boost ($3.7 billion in FY 2023 \u2013 2024) and paying down the debt ($839 million) were the focal points of this budget.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table\">\n<caption>\n  Saskatchewan&#8217;s Consolidated Fiscal Plan<br \/>\n  <\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">($ billions)<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Forecast<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Estimate<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Estimate<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Estimate<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Estimate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><\/th>\n<td class=\"ft-bold\">2022\/23<\/td>\n<td class=\"ft-bold\">2023\/24<\/td>\n<td class=\"ft-bold\">2024\/25<\/td>\n<td class=\"ft-bold\">2025\/26<\/td>\n<td class=\"ft-bold\">2026\/27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Total revenues<\/th>\n<td>20.3<\/td>\n<td>19.7<\/td>\n<td>19.4<\/td>\n<td>19.8<\/td>\n<td>20.3 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Total expenditures<\/th>\n<td>19.1<\/td>\n<td>18.7<\/td>\n<td>19.2<\/td>\n<td>19.7<\/td>\n<td>20.2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Surplus\/(Deficit)<\/th>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>0.2<\/td>\n<td>0.1<\/td>\n<td>0.1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Net Debt-to-GDP (%)<\/th>\n<td>14.1<\/td>\n<td>13.2<\/td>\n<td>13.7<\/td>\n<td>13.9<\/td>\n<td>13.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Resource revenues projected to slide<\/h4>\n<p>After major windfalls in the prior two years, provincial non-renewable resource revenue is expected to dip more than one billion (-26%) from FY 2022-2023. While the commodity market outlook remains strong, prices for key products has weakened amid a softening economic environment. Notably, the price of potash (one of Saskatchewan\u2019s primary minerals) is projected to drip down to $815.80 per tonne \u2013 representing a 40% ($519) decline from the province\u2019s 2022 estimate. With soft resource revenues baked into the province\u2019s fiscal plan, Saskatchewan seems prepared for the 2023 downturn.<\/p>\n<h4>Showing restraint<\/h4>\n<p>Saskatchewan historically has tended to keep its spending up even after highly-volatile resource revenue turned down\u2014giving way to deficits. Not this time. The government is showing restraint in the face of expected weaker revenues. Budget 2023 has expenditures shrinking by roughly the same margin as revenues, leaving its $1 billion surplus largely unchanged.<\/p>\n<h4>Biggest capital plan ever<\/h4>\n<p>The province isn\u2019t letting up on capital investment though. Up $763 million (+26%) from FY 2022 \u2013 2023 projections, the government\u2019s $3.7 billion capital plan is its largest in history (in nominal terms). Major investment includes $1.2 billion to SaskPower, $422 million to improve over 1,000 km of highways, and $348 million to municipal infrastructure.<\/p>\n<h4>Saskatchewan is reducing its debt<\/h4>\n<p>Despite the larger capital plan, the government plans to slim down its debt for the second consecutive year. It projects net debt to fall nearly $840 million (-6%) in FY 2023-2024, following a $520 million estimated decline (-3.4%) in FY 2022 \u2013 2023. These reductions are the first in nearly a decade in Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>They will help improve an already solid indebtedness position. The province\u2019s net debt-to-GDP ratio is among the lowest in Canada. It is expected to fall from 14.1% in FY 2022-2023 to 13.2% in FY 2023-2024, and stay close to that level over the medium term (reaching 13.9% in FY 2025 \u2013 2026). 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