Demographic Factors Affecting Infrastructure Investment

Virtual

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Monetary Policy in Transition: Impacts and Risks of the Bank of Canada’s Policy Normalization

Virtual

GRI was pleased to have hosted Christopher Ragan and Warren Lovely in a discussion on the macroeconomic risks that Canada currently faces. Prof Ragan (McGill) started off the webinar with his views on the Canadian economy's current inflation situation. He sees four causes for the inflationary pressure: supply chain constraints, pent-up demand, unleashed expectations, increase […]

Toward a Canadian Sustainability Standards Board Financial Sector Dialogue

Virtual

GRI was pleased to host Edward Waitzer, the chair of the Independent Review Committee on Standard Setting in Canada (IRCSS), who shared the committee’s recommendation to form a Canadian Sustainability Standard Board (CSSB) with financial sector stakeholders and sought their feedback and perspectives. Sonia Baxendale, GRI’s President and CEO, and member of the IRCSS observed […]

A Deeper Dive into Assessing Inflation in Goods and Asset Markets

Virtual

GRI hosted Derek Holt, Vice President and Head of Capital Markets Economics at Scotiabank, who provided an in-depth assessment of Canada’s inflation and its expected path in 2022 and beyond. Derek began his presentation with an overview of how the massive monetary support of the Bank of Canada (BoC) and other central banks was essential during […]

Macroeconomic Lessons from the Pandemic

Virtual

Stéfane Marion, Chief Economist and Strategist at National Bank of Canada, provided a thought-provoking presentation and Q&A on macroeconomic lessons from the pandemic. Stéfane began by highlighting that the world is experiencing the highest geopolitical uncertainty since the Iraq invasion that is fundamentally impacting economic policies and financial asset evaluations. Current economic data show selected stagflation […]

Discussion on Reforming Canada’s Deposit Insurance System – Watch the Video

Virtual

Summary of Webinar: This session centered around the GRI report entitled “Deposit Insurance in Canada: Recommendations for Reform”. The authors spoke about the conditions that point to the need for reform, namely: CDIC limits were last updated in 2005 and have not kept pace with inflation and asset value fluctuations;  Social media and electronic banking have […]