Karyne B. Charbonneau

Karyne Charbonneau

Principal Economist

Karyne B. Charbonneau is a Principal Economist in the Digital Economy and Advanced Analytics Division of the Canadian Economic Analysis Department at the Bank of Canada.

Prior to joining the Canadian Economic Analysis Department in August 2015, she spent two years in the International Economic Analysis Department. Most recently, she was Senior Analyst in the Canadian Projections and Policy Analysis Division in the Canadian Economic Analysis Department.

Her research focuses on applied econometrics and international trade.

She received her PhD in economics from Princeton University.

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Karyne B. Charbonneau

Principal Economist
Canadian Economic Analysis
Digital Economy and Advanced Analytics Division

Bank of Canada
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0G9

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Canada’s Experience with Trade Policy

Staff Discussion Paper 2018-1 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Daniel de Munnik, Laura Murphy
This paper compiles the contemporary view on three major Canadian-led trade policies that have marked Canada’s economic history since Confederation: the National Policy (1879), the Canada–US Agreement on Automotive Products (Auto Pact, 1965) and the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement (FTA, 1989, including its extension to the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, 1994).
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Discussion Papers Topic(s): International topics, Trade Integration JEL Code(s): F, F1, F13, N, N7, N71, N72

Digitalization and Inflation: A Review of the Literature

Staff Analytical Note 2017-20 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Alexa Evans, Subrata Sarker, Lena Suchanek
In the past few years, many have postulated that the possible disinflationary effects of digitalization could explain the subdued inflation in advanced economies. In this note, we review the evidence found in the literature. We look at three main channels.
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Analytical Notes Topic(s): Inflation and prices, Market structure and pricing, Productivity JEL Code(s): D, D2, D22, E, E3, E31, L, L8, L81, O, O3, O33

A New Measure of the Canadian Effective Exchange Rate

Staff Discussion Paper 2016-1 Russell Barnett, Karyne B. Charbonneau, Guillaume Poulin-Bellisle
Canada’s international competitiveness has received increasing attention in recent years as exports have fallen short of expectations and Canada has lost market share. This paper asks whether the Bank of Canada’s current effective exchange rate measure, the CERI, is still an accurate measure of Canada’s international competitiveness.
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Discussion Papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F3, F31

Forward Guidance at the Effective Lower Bound: International Experience

Staff Discussion Paper 2015-15 Karyne B. Charbonneau, Lori Rennison
Forward guidance is one of the policy tools that a central bank can implement if it seeks to provide additional monetary stimulus when it is operating at the effective lower bound (ELB) on interest rates. It became more widely used during and after the global financial crisis.
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Discussion Papers Topic(s): Monetary policy communications, Monetary policy framework, Monetary policy implementation, Transmission of monetary policy, Uncertainty and monetary policy JEL Code(s): E, E4, E43, E5, E52, E58, E6

Decomposing Movements in U.S. Non-Energy Import Market Shares

Staff Discussion Paper 2015-5 Russell Barnett, Karyne B. Charbonneau
Country market shares of U.S. non-energy imports have changed considerably since 2002, with varying volatility across three subperiods: pre-crisis (2002–07), crisis (2007–09) and post-crisis (2009–14). In this paper, we analyze market shares for four main trading partners of the United States (Canada, Mexico, China and Japan).
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Discussion Papers Topic(s): International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4

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Education

  • Ph.D., Princeton University (2013)
  • M.A., Université de Montréal (2008)
  • B.Sc. (Honors), Université de Montréal (2007)

Research Interests

  • International Trade
  • Econometrics

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