CANADA BUDGET DEFICIT RISES IN JANUARY
The Canadian government's budget deficit
rose to 1.78 billion dlrs in January from 1.67 billion dlrs in
the same month last year, the finance department said.
    But the deficit in the first 10 months of the fiscal year
which began on April 1, 1986, fell to 22.36 billion dlrs from
25.74 billion dlrs in the same period a year ago.
    January revenues rose to 7.96 billion dlrs from 7.56
billion dlrs while expenditures grew to 9.74 billion dlrs from
9.23 billion dlrs. Revenues in the first 10 months increased to
70.06 billion dlrs from 62.30 billion while expenditures grew
to 92.42 billion dlrs from 88.05 billion.           
 Reuter
