Eyes on the Economy

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC's Chief Economist, joins Ali Jaffery, Senior Economist, to discuss the US federal election and the future directions of trade policy under a Trump or Harris presidency, and what this would mean for the US and Canada.

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC's Chief Economist, joins Ali Jaffery, Senior Economist, to discuss the labour dispute in Canada’s rail sector, what commodity prices are telling us about the global economy, and the future direction of monetary policy after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole.

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC’s Chief Economist, joins colleague Andrew Grantham, Senior Economist, to discuss the slowing in the US economy and emerging recession fears, and shares their interest rate forecast changes for both Canada and the US.

CIBC Capital Markets' Senior Economists, Ali Jaffery and Katherine Judge, discuss the outlook for shelter inflation in the US and Canada and why mortgage interest costs may increasingly distort the Bank of Canada’s preferred core measures of inflation. For more information, check out the mentioned In Focus report: https://cibccm.com/en/insights/articles/in-focus-seeking-shelter-from-shelter-inflation/

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC's Chief Economist, joins Ali Jaffery, CIBC's Senior Economist, to discuss why May’s inflation report needn’t deter the Bank of Canada from a rate cut in July, and the implications for bond market investors.

Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC and Katherine Judge, Senior Economist, CIBC discuss how labour market dynamics and inflation risks are impacting Bank of Canada policy.

In this episode of Eyes on the Economy, Katherine Judge chats with Ali Jaffery about potential monetary policy divergence between the Bank of Canada and the Fed, and what it means for Canadian inflation. For more information, check out the mentioned In Focus report here - https://cibccm.com/en/insights/articles/finding-the-limit-how-far-can-the-bank-of-canada-diverge-from-the-fed/

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC’s Chief Economist joins Andrew Grantham, Executive Director & Senior Economist, to discuss Canadian inflation, central bank policy and the Canadian dollar.

Ali Jaffery and Katherine Judge discuss the strength of the US consumer, which reflects a wave of wealthy retirees and lifestyle changes associated with work-from-home, as well as implications for monetary policy from the permanent shift in spending preferences towards goods and away from services. For more information, check out our latest In Focus report: https://cibccm.com/en/insights/articles/in-focus-the-goods-life-how-boomers-and-work-from-home-changed-american-spending-patterns/

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC’s Chief Economist, joins host Ali Jaffery to discuss Canada’s Federal Budget, where it stands relative to previous forecasts, and the implications of it for the broader economy, the Bank of Canada and the markets.