Eyes on the Economy

A podcast series focused on examining the key drivers of the Canadian and US economies, including the global macroeconomic influences that impact them.

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Eyes on the Economy

The economic impact of U.S. immigration policy

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC’s Chief Economist, and Ali Jaffery, CIBC Senior Economist, discuss their recent report on US immigration policy and what this means for population growth, GDP, and fiscal policy, as well as implications for the Fed.

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The need for rate cuts in Canada and the US, and if so, when?

Avery Shenfeld, CIBC's Chief Economist, and Katherine Judge, CIBC Senior Economist, discuss the complexities of interest rate policies and their impact on the Canadian labour market and the economy.

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A conversation with Paul Krugman

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.

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Would bringing all the factory jobs back be a winner for the US?

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.

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