Douglas Porter has analyzed and written
about trends in the Canadian and global economies and financial markets for over
twenty-five years. He helps formulate the firm’s macroeconomic, interest rate
and currency projections. He is co-author of BMO Capital Markets’ weekly Focus
publication, and contributes to the department’s various publications. Douglas
gives numerous economic presentations to institutional clients and private
investors. In addition, he is a regular commentator on economic and financial
trends to the media. He is particularly known for bringing to light what
Statistics Canada said was its most serious error on record (on the consumer
price index), and for highlighting the large price gaps on many consumer goods
between Canada and the United States.
Before joining BMO Capital Markets,
Douglas held positions of economist and country risk analyst with other
financial institutions in Canada, and also worked in the research department of
the Bank of Canada.
Douglas earned a Masters degree in
Economics from the University of Western Ontario in 1984 and holds a Chartered
Financial Analyst designation. He has been on the Board of Directors of the
Toronto Association of Business Economists since 1996, and has been a member of
the C.D. Howe’s Monetary Policy Council since 2008.
