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Douglas has over 25 years of experience analyzing global economies and financial 
markets. As Chief Economist at BMO Capital Markets, he oversees the macroeconomic 
and financial market forecasts and co-authors the firm’s weekly flagship publication, 
Focus. Douglas manages the team that won the prestigious Lawrence Klein award for 
forecast accuracy of the US economy during the tumultuous 2006 to 2009 period.

As a respected commentator on economic and financial trends, he is regularly quoted 
in the national press and often interviewed on radio and television. 

Before joining BMO Capital Markets, Douglas held positions of Economist and Country 
Risk Analyst with other Canadian financial institutions, and also worked at the Bank 
of Canada.

Douglas has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1995 and earned a Masters 
degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. He has been a member 
of C.D. Howe’s Monetary Policy Council since 2008 and also serves on the Investment 
Management Committees of the Bank of Montreal’s Pension Fund Society and Western’s 
Endowment Fund.

Douglas Porter

CFA, Chief Economist and Managing Director, 
BMO Capital Markets

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