I asked McGill University economics professor Christopher Ragan, who happened to be in Calgary today for a conference on the dismal state of the oil patch, and he said infrastructure spending is wise but rushing it is foolish. Its almost impossible, I would say, to spend large amounts of money bot
Date: Jan 12, 2016
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Canada's Flaherty, G-7 Finance Dean, Resigns From Cabinet
Flaherty demonstrated the flexibility required for a pretty serious fiscal conservative to implement a significant fiscal stimulus in 2009 and 2010, said Christopher Ragan, an economics professor at McGill University in Montreal who has worked at the finance department and Bank of Canada during th
Date: Mar 18, 2014
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Macklem's Departure Opens Door to Canada Bank Insider Promotion
The bank continues to have excellent people in its seniorranks, who are currently or have recently been deputy governors,who would make excellent candidates, said Christopher Ragan,an associate economics professor at Montreals McGill Universityand a former adviser at the central bank and fina
Date: Dec 06, 2013
Category: Business
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Flaherty stuns Bay Street, names Stephen Poloz Bank of Canada governor
This guy absolutely has the qualifications to be Bank of Canadagovernor, said Christopher Ragan, an economics professor at McGill Universityin Montreal who has known Mr. Poloz since the early 1990s. Will monetary policybe in good hands? The answer is absolutely yes.
Date: May 02, 2013
Category: Business
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Stephen Poloz Named Bank of Canada Head Replacing Carney
Investors may be wrong to expect Poloz will bend monetarypolicy to benefit exports, said Christopher Ragan, economicsprofessor at McGill University and a former finance departmentadviser who did research with Poloz at the bank.
He brings together a very nice collection of skills and will be an excellent governor, said Christopher Ragan, an economics professor at McGill University in Montreal and a former special adviser at the central bank.
Date: May 02, 2013
Category: Business
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Made in Canada: Carney aims to bring rate-pledge magic to UK
I thought it was a very clever idea, said Christopher Ragan, economics professor at McGill University and the David Dodge Chair of Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute. The bank didnt have to expand its balance sheet. Its a nice example of how a very simple announcement translates into ac
I dont see a crisis again, and Im not even sure I see a double-dip, said Christopher Ragan, an economics professor at McGill University in Montreal who was a guest academic at the Finance Department for 18 months that included the 2009-10 recession.