Russell Barnett

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Senior Policy Advisor

Russell Barnett is a Senior Policy Advisor in the Canadian Economic Analysis Department. In this capacity, he participates in and oversees the department’s contribution to the Bank of Canada’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR). In addition, he conducts analysis and research on current economic issues and monetary policy more generally. His primary interests include economic forecasting, fiscal policy and labour markets.

Mr. Barnett began his career at the Department of Finance in 2002 as an Economist, then joined the Bank in 2005 as an Economist in the Canadian Projection and Model Development Division of the Research Department (now CEA). After spending 3 years working for the Parliamentary Budget Officer as Director, Economic and Fiscal Analysis, he returned to the Bank in December 2011 as the Assistant Chief of the United States Division in the International Economic Analysis Department. He subsequently became Policy Advisor in the same department. In this role, he led the department’s contribution to the Monetary Policy Report.

Born in Ottawa, Mr. Barnett obtained his Masters in Economics from the University of Victoria.

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Russell Barnett

Senior Policy Advisor
Canadian Economic Analysis

Bank of Canada
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0G9

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A New Measure of the Canadian Effective Exchange Rate

Staff Discussion Paper 2016-1 Russell Barnett, Karyne B. Charbonneau, Guillaume Poulin-Bellisle
Canada’s international competitiveness has received increasing attention in recent years as exports have fallen short of expectations and Canada has lost market share. This paper asks whether the Bank of Canada’s current effective exchange rate measure, the CERI, is still an accurate measure of Canada’s international competitiveness.
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Discussion Papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F3, F31

Decomposing Movements in U.S. Non-Energy Import Market Shares

Staff Discussion Paper 2015-5 Russell Barnett, Karyne B. Charbonneau
Country market shares of U.S. non-energy imports have changed considerably since 2002, with varying volatility across three subperiods: pre-crisis (2002–07), crisis (2007–09) and post-crisis (2009–14). In this paper, we analyze market shares for four main trading partners of the United States (Canada, Mexico, China and Japan).
Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Discussion Papers Topic(s): International topics JEL Code(s): F, F1, F10, F14, F4

15 August 2013 Monitoring Short-Term Economic Developments in Foreign Economies

Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2013 Russell Barnett, Pierre Guérin
The Bank of Canada uses several short-term forecasting models for the monitoring of key foreign economies - the United States, the euro area, Japan and China. The design of the forecasting models used for each region is influenced by the level of detail required, as well as the timeliness and volatility of data. Forecasts from different models are typically combined to mitigate model uncertainty, and judgment is applied to the model forecasts to incorporate information that is not directly reflected in the most recent indicators.
Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review Article Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles JEL Code(s): E, E3, E37

17 June 2007 Trend Labour Supply in Canada: Implications of Demographic Shifts and the Increasing Labour Force Attachment of Women

Bank of Canada Review - Summer 2007 Russell Barnett
While demographic change has been an ongoing process in Canada, labour market implications of an aging population will become more acute in coming years. This article discusses the anticipated slowing in the growth of trend labour input over the coming decades with the aging of the baby boomers, declining fertility rates, and the stabilization of the labour force attachment of women. As the pool of labour shrinks, employers and governments will be looking for ways to address barriers to continued labour force participation and firms will have a greater incentive to find ways of improving labour productivity.
Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review Article Topic(s): Economic models, Labour markets, Potential output

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