Research staff

• Jean-Sébastien Fontaine

  

  Jean-Sébastien is a Senior Research Advisor in the financial market department. His interests lie at the juncture between asset pricing, macroeconomics and econometrics.

  Department(s): Financial Markets, Market Risks and Vulnerabilities Research Field(s): Asset Pricing, Empirical Finance, Term Structure Modelling Alma Mater: University of Montreal

• Jonathan Witmer

  

  Jonathan Witmer is the Director of the Monetary Policy Analysis and Research Team in the Financial Markets Department.

  Department(s): Financial Markets, Monetary Policy and Fiscal Agent Studies Division Research Field(s): Applied Microeconomics, Empirical Finance, Payments Economics Alma Mater: Queen's University

• Césaire Meh

  

  Césaire Meh is a Senior Research Officer in the Economic and Financial Research Department (EFR).

  Department(s): Economic and Financial Research Alma Mater: University of Western Ontario

• James Chapman

  

  James Chapman is the Deputy Managing Director in the Financial Markets Department (FMD) at the Bank of Canada.

  Department(s): Financial Markets Research Field(s): Bayesian Methods, Money and Banking, Payments Economics Alma Mater: University of Iowa

• Jing Yang

  

  Jing Yang was appointed Managing Director of the Bank of Canada’s Economic and Financial Research (EFR), effective March 25, 2024.

  Department(s): Economic and Financial Research Research Field(s): Agent-Based Modelling, Auction Design, Market Microstructure Alma Mater: Concordia University

• Yaz Terajima

  

  Yaz Terajima is the Senior Research Director in the Financial Stability Department (FSD).

  Department(s): Financial Stability Research Field(s): Banking, Household Finance, Quantitative Macroeconomics Alma Mater: University of Pennsylvania

• Oleksiy Kryvtsov

  

  Oleksiy Kryvtsov is the Senior Research Officer in the Economic and Financial Research Department.

  Department(s): Economic and Financial Research Research Field(s): Business Cycles, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics Alma Mater: University of Minnesota

• Wei Dong

  

  Wei Dong is Research Advisor in the Canadian Economic Analysis Department at the Bank of Canada.

  Department(s): Canadian Economic Analysis, Monetary Policy and Financial Studies Division Research Field(s): International Macroeconomics, International Trade and Finance, Monetary and Fiscal Policy Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin

• Chris D'Souza

  

  Chris D’Souza is an Assistant Director in the Canadian Economic Analysis (CEA) Department.

  Department(s): Canadian Economic Analysis, Survey and Economic Intelligence Research Field(s): Banking, Business Surveys, International Trade and Finance Alma Mater: Queen's University