Canada’s Competitiveness Challenges with Marc Desormeaux and Pedro Antunes
Leadership Perspectives: Economic Matters, Episode 24 From lagging productivity growth and investment gaps, to regulatory hurdles, labour shortages, and changing global…
Pedro Antunes
Chief Economist
About
Pedro Antunes is Chief Economist at Signal49 Research. He provides insight and strategic direction for the organization’s economic products, including reports and indicators on Canada, its regions, and key sectors. Pedro also shares his expertise through testimony before parliamentary and Senate committees, media interviews in English and French, and presentations to industry leaders and decision-makers across Canada.
Pedro began his career in 1987 with the Canadian forecast team at the Bank of Canada. He joined Signal49 Research in 1992 as part of the provincial forecast team and has since led economic analysis across a range of provinces and sectors. Pedro’s research has explored some of Canada’s most important economic challenges, including demographic change and its impact on labour markets, the fiscal sustainability of health care, productivity, and long-term economic growth. He has also worked on international projects in Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Ukraine, helping decision-makers build forecasting and policy analysis tools.
Employment History
- Chief Economist, The Conference Board of Canada
Academic Qualification
- Master of Arts in Economics, Queen’s University
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics, Bishop’s University
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A New Era in Energy in Canada with Mark Parsons and Pedro Antunes
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C-Suite Perspectives with Pedro Antunes and Dana Peterson
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Leadership Perspectives: Economics Matters, Episode 12 In this final episode of 2023, we invite two leading economists to explore key…
Immigration, Inflation and Housing with Pedro Antunes and Kathryn Dennler
Leadership Perspectives: Economics Matters, Episode 11 Over the past months, various players have come out to point a finger at…