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Nov 26

The David Laidler Lecture: Timothy Lane, Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada

Toronto ON, 67 Yonge Street, Suite 300

David Laidler Lecture

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The C.D. Howe Institute is deeply honoured to host the Annual David Laidler Luncheon to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of Professor Laidler in the field of monetary policy.

 

Timothy Lane, Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada

Timothy Lane, a Senior Fellow of the CD Howe Institute, served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada during 2009 through 2022. He is McConnell Professor of Practice in the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University for the 2024-25 academic year. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation and an Executive in Residence at the Global Risk Institute.

As Deputy Governor, he participated in monetary policy decisions and held responsibilities that spanned the Bank’s core economic and financial policy functions, including work related to the global economy and financial markets. He led the Bank’s work on payments modernization, digital finance, and the exploration of a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC).  He served as the Bank’s G7 and G20 Deputy, participated in several international committees, and led international working groups on a number of financial system issues. 

Prior to joining the Bank, he served for 20 years on the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). During that period, he worked on a wide range of issues and engaged with a number of advanced and emerging market economies. He spent 2004-05 on leave from the IMF as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. Before joining the IMF, he served as Assistant Professor of Economics at Michigan State University and as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa. He has published research on monetary policy and on a wide variety of other topics related to economic and financial policy. He received a BA from Carleton University and a MA and PhD from the University of Western Ontario. 
 

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