Author: Sherry Cooper

Bank of Montreal chief economist Sherry Cooper is retiring after a 30-year career at BMO Financial Group. Cooper, an executive vice-president, plans to step down effective Jan. 30, the bank announced Monday. “Sherry has built a reputation throughout North America for her straightforward, engaging style,” president and CEO Bill Downe said. “She brings clarity to…

TORONTO, ON, December 10, 2012 – After a distinguished 30-year career at BMO Financial Group, Dr. Sherry Cooper, Executive Vice-President and Chief Economist, has decided to retire from the Bank, effective January 30, 2013. An award-winning economist and best-selling author, Dr. Cooper has led BMO’s respected team of economists since 2006. “Sherry has built a…

The first thing Sherry Cooper plans to do after she leaves her job is take a month off “and get my head around not having to come to First Canadian Place every day and then, you know, I’ll be open to different things, different opportunities.” After 30 years at Bank of Montreal, Ms. Cooper, 62,…

Sherry Cooper’s latest article on U.S. fiscal policy is available as an Adobe Acrobat document through this link from BMO Capital Markets Economics.

With much of the focus in Washington on the fiscal cliff, which is now only one month away, a potentially more important cliffhanger is the debt-ceiling debate—likely to come to its precipice in February 2013.

Sherry Cooper’s latest article on the U.S. fiscal cliff is available as an Adobe Acrobat document through this link from BMO Capital Markets Economics.  

We have reduced our Canadian growth estimate to a mere 1% in the third quarter owing to a contraction in residential construction and business investment in machinery and equipment.

President Obama posted a decisive victory Tuesday night by stringing together a series of smaller ones. He won at least six of the seven major battleground states; and he won a majority of the popular vote as well.

As a female member of the baby boom generation, I began my economics career as pretty much the only woman in the room—from graduate school to the Fed to Bay Street.

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