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TODAYS DOLLARS [1 record]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Economic Fluctuations
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Dollars which express the cost of items in terms of the year in which the expenditure will occur.

OBS

Budget-year dollars are "inflated" or "current dollars" as opposed to "deflated" or "constant dollars" stated in relation to a base year.

OBS

budget-year dollars: term officially approved by the Management Committee for the BCF (budgetary, accounting and finance) Glossary. Use of this term is mandatory in Canadian government texts.

OBS

Compare to "constant dollars".

Key term(s)
  • budget-year dollar
  • current dollar
  • inflated dollar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Fluctuations économiques
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Coût des articles exprimé en fonction de l'année au cours de laquelle la dépense sera effectuée.

OBS

Les dollars de l'année budgétaire sont des «dollars courants», c'est-à-dire qu'ils tiennent compte de l'inflation, par opposition à des «dollars constants» qui n'en tiennent pas compte, en fonction de la valeur du dollar d'une année particulière servant de point de référence.

OBS

dollars de l'année budgétaire : terme uniformisé par le Comité de gestion du Lexique BCF (budgétaire, comptable et financier) et d'usage obligatoire dans la fonction publique fédérale.

Key term(s)
  • dollar courant
  • dollar d'année budgétaire
  • dollars dépréciés
  • dollar déprécié
  • dollars actuels

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad pública
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Dólares que expresan el costo de los artículos en términos del año en que tendrán lugar los gastos.

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