Economic Trends in Canada and the United States

•Round Table entitled "Productivity and Living Standards: Convergence or Divergence?" with Serge Coulombe, University of Ottawa; Andrei Sulzenko, Industry Canada; Gordon Thiessen, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada; Paul-Arthur Huot, Quebec Manufacturers & Exporters; and the moderator: Hans Black, Interinvest Corporation.

•Conference entitled "A Status Report on the U. S. Economy: How is the Elephant Doing?" by Robert D. McTeer Jr., President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Round Table (PDF format) | Presentation by M. McTeer (PDF format)

Photos taken during the event

Dr. Robert D. McTeer Jr., President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, delivering the keynote speech.

Dr. Robert D. McTeer Jr., President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, with Paul J. Massicotte, President of Alexis Nihon Group and member of the board of the Bank of Canada; and Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Executive Director of the MEI.

Present at the Head Table I: Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Executive Director of the MEI; Robert D. McTeer Jr., President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Paul Massicotte, President of Alexis Nihon Group and member of the board of the Bank of Canada; Bob Briscoe, Chairman, Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Malcolm Knight, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada Hélène Desmarais, President & CEO, Montreal Enterprises and Innovation Centre, and member of the board of the Montreal Economic Institute; Malcolm Thomas, Interinvest Corporation; Dr. Hans P. Black, President, Interinvest Corporation.

Present at the Head Table II: Pierre Fournier, Executive Vice-President & Managing Director, Financial Studies, National Bank Financial; John Dobson, President, John Dobson Foundation; Paul-Arthur Huot, President & General Manager, Quebec Manufacturers & Exporters; Serge Coulombe, Professor, Department of Economics University of Ottawa; Nancy Orr-Gaucher, President, Le Groupe Dynamis; Gordon Thiessen, former Governor of the Bank of Canada (1994-2001); Daniel Dorey, President, Oxford Québec, and member of the board of the Montreal Economic Institute; Deborah McCarthy, U. S. Consul General in Montreal.

The Panel "Productivity & Standard of Living: Convergence or Divergence?": At the podium, the moderator, Dr. Hans P. Black, President of Interinvest Corporation. The speakers (left to right) : Paul-Arthur Huot, President & General Manager, Quebec Manufacturers & Exporters; Serge Coulombe, Professor, Department of Economics University of Ottawa; Gordon Thiessen, former Governor of the Bank of Canada (1994-2001); and Andreï Sulzenko, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Industry Canada.

The Panel "Productivity & Standard of Living: Convergence or Divergence?": (From left to right) Paul-Arthur Huot, President & General Manager, Quebec Manufacturers & Exporters; Serge Coulombe, Professor, Department of Economics University of Ottawa; Dr. Hans P. Black (moderator), President de Interinvest Corporation; Gordon Thiessen, former Governor of the Bank of Canada (1994-2001); and Andreï Sulzenko, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Industry Canada.