Eyes on the Economy

CIBC senior economists Katherine Judge and Ali Jaffery provide an update on our US and Canadian economic outlooks and discuss risks around the forecast.

Benjamin Tal, CIBC’s Deputy Chief Economist, and Katherine Judge, CIBC Senior Economist, provide insight into the trajectory of defence spending in Canada and the potential boost to economic activity associated with it.

On Friday, May 9th, CIBC’s Chief Economist Avery Shenfeld, was joined by Nobel Prize Winning Economist and former NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman to discuss the US budget process, the outlook for the US trade policy, and some of the implications for Canada.

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC’s Chief Economist, and Andrew Grantham, CIBC Senior Economist, look at why a tariff-driven, broad rebound in the factory share of US employment might not be a worthy policy goal.

Benjamin Tal, CIBC’s Deputy Chief Economist, joins Katherine Judge, CIBC Senior Economist, to discuss the deteriorating US economic backdrop, the trade landscape, and implications for the Fed and the Bank of Canada.

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC’s Chief Economist, and Ali Jaffery, CIBC Senior Economist, discuss their recent report on reducing Canadian internal trade barriers, and explain their skepticism on the size of benefits to the economy.

CIBC Senior Economist Ali Jaffery interviews Chief Economist Avery Shenfeld about his latest note on US fiscal policy, discussing the House budget resolution, implications for the Fed, and what this means for the bond market.

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC’s Chief Economist is joined by his colleague, Senior Economist Ali Jaffery, to discuss the threat of tariffs being posed by the United States and the implications for Canadian growth, inflation and interest rates.

CIBC Senior Economist Katherine Judge interviews Chief Economist Avery Shenfeld about his take on Trump’s nominees, and what signals can be gleaned about the risk to the bond market from rising deficits, and the risks to inflation and trade from tariffs.

CIBC Chief Economist Avery Shenfeld chats with Ali Jaffery, CIBC Senior Economist about how to read the tea leaves in this easing cycle. Those tea leaves point to the Bank of Canada taking another big step in December, enroute to a bit below neutral next year. For more information, check out the In Focus report here: https://economics.cibccm.com/cds?ID=c9e80163-55bb-469f-8b0a-c7f0877374de&TYPE=E