Executive Vice-President and Global Economic Strategist
BMO Financial Group

Chief Economist
BMO Capital Markets

Dr. Sherry Cooper is in constant demand as a speaker and writer because of her ability to simplify and de-mystify the complex subjects of economics and finance. Canada’s national newspaper calls Sherry “the megawatt celebrity economist”. She leads a highly-respected economics team and has been repeatedly cited as one of the most influential women in Canada. Dr. Cooper is regularly quoted in the financial press and you have heard her often on radio and TV. Sherry has just published her third book, The New Retirement: How It Will Change Our Future, released in January 2008.

Dr. Cooper has an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and began her career at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., covering monetary policy and financial institutions. Following five years at the Fed, she joined the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) as director of financial economics and moved to Canada in 1983 to become Chief Economist at Burns Fry.

The New Retirement
How It Will Change Our Future

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Take Control in the Acceleration Age

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July 2, 2009
Employment and the Fed
Those who have been calling for a Fed exit strategy from the extraordinary degree of monetary ease should be silenced by the June employment results MORE

June 8, 2009
Post-Crisis Withdrawal
As financial markets heal, banks are shying away from government assistance, betting that they can rely fully on the markets to build capital positions MORE

June 5, 2009
Worst Is Behind Us
Signs of improvement in the U.S. housing market, rising consumer confidence and a rally in financial stocks in the U.S. and Canada suggest that the economies are bottoming and the worst of the financial crisis is behind us MORE

May 28, 2009
Bet You Things Are Better Than You Think
There is increasing reason to believe that the worst of the financial crisis is behind us and the U.S. and global economies are bottoming MORE

May 15, 2009
Running the Printing Presses to Fund the Deficit
Many are concerned that, despite today’s very weak April CPI reading of ‑0.7% year-over-year, the huge monetary and fiscal stimulus in the U.S. will ultimately debase the currency MORE

May 3, 2009
Swine flu threatens to kick economies when they are down
In the midst of the longest and perhaps deepest global recession in the postwar period, the last thing we need is rising protectionism, travel advisories and reduced business and consumer activity MORE

April 29, 2009
Fed Still Adding Juice
Although the Fed announced no new initiatives today, clearly the tone of the press release suggests that the Fed will continue to support previously announced credit easing and expects to do so “for an extended period” MORE

April 27, 2009
Swine Flu: Let's Not Get Carried Away
My phone has been ringing off the hook this morning with media requests to discuss the economic implications of a swine flu pandemic MORE

April 24, 2009
Investing Is No Longer Child's Play
The Bank of Canada made it clear this week that our economy is contracting far more than they earlier expected MORE

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