As tariffs and tensions with the U.S. extend into a second year, questions loom: What does this mean for the Canadian economy? And which factors will shape the macroeconomic environment over the next 12 months?
GRI’s Macroeconomic Policy Webinar Series 2026 brings these issues into focus, offering insights from leading economists and practitioners on key macroeconomic trends defining the year ahead.
Now in its seventh year, this flagship series provides a valuable primer to kick off the year for decision-makers across Canada’s financial sector.
Register for the entire series or select the sessions that are of greatest interest.
Financing Nation-Building: Capital Flows In and Out of Canada
VirtualNew Session: Royce Mendes, Managing Director & Head of Macro Strategy at Desjardins, offers his analysis of capital flows in and out of Canada and what these might mean for […]
Tariffs, Trade and Tumult: Seeking New Strategies Amid U.S. Volatility
VirtualNew Date - Please Re-register Christopher Sands, Director of the Hopkins Center for Canadian Studies and a leading thinker on Canada-U.S. relations, returns to deliver a thorough examination of Canada’s […]
Previous Events
In case you missed prior events in the series, view the recordings below.
State of the Canadian Economy: Another Brick in the Debt Wall?
Virtual2025 Federal Budget Further Entrenches Structural DeficitsIn this first event of GRI's Macroeconomic Policy Webinar Series 2026, Warren Lovely from National Bank and Chris Ragan from McGill University examine whether […]
Canada’s Productivity Challenge and the Fiscal Path to Recovery
VirtualWill Government Spending, Deficits Fuel Productivity, Growth? In the context of trade tensions, lagging productivity, rising deficits, and government efforts to stimulate growth, this webinar examined Canada’s fiscal policy outlook […]
2026 Housing Market Outlook: Finding Equilibrium in a Cooling Economy
VirtualCanada faces a multi‑year housing correction, with prices about 20% below peak and likely to move sideways as stretched valuations, flat interest rates and moderating demographics work through the system. […]