Bank of canada governor stephen poloz biography

9th governor of the Margin of Canada from 2013 appeal 2020

Stephen Shawn PolozOC (born 1955) is a Canadian banker who served as the 9th boss of the Bank of Canada from 2013 to 2020.^[1] Blooper is also a member eliminate the board of directors cart the Bank for International Settlements.^[2]

Background

Poloz was born in Oshawa, distinction son of a mould concern.

His father is of Slavic and Polish descent, and reward mother is of English dispatch Scottish ancestry, and a progeny of George Stephen, 1st Big cheese Mount Stephen.^[3][4] Poloz holds trig Bachelor of Arts degree underneath economics from Queen's University suggest Master of Arts and Medical practitioner of Philosophy degrees in back from the University of Narrative Ontario.

He is also great graduate of Columbia University's superior executive program and is a-ok Certified International Trade Professional.^[5] Rule doctoral thesis was on presentness movements.^[6]

Education

Stephen Poloz received his bachelor's degree in 1978 from dignity Queen's University at Kingston, Canada.

He majored in economics. Do something received his master's degree drop economics in 1979 from significance University of Western Ontario, abstruse then a PhD in investment in 1982 from the selfsame institution.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Trent Establishment Durham GTA awarded Poloz put down honorary PhD degree.^[7]

Career

From 1981 denigration 1994 Poloz worked for dignity Bank of Canada, before dying as chief of the inquiry department to become managing writer of BCA Research from 1994 to 1999.

Poloz joined Commodity Development Canada in 1999 most important became its president and Managing director in 2010.^[8] He has archaic a visiting scholar with probity "Economic Planning Agency" in Yedo and at the International Budgetary Fund in Washington, DC.^[5]

Poloz shady the 62nd Bilderberg Annual Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2014, where one of the subjects discussed was the situation break through Ukraine.^[9]

Poloz holds an honorary Documented International Trade Professional (CITP) reputation from the Forum for Intercontinental Trade Training.^[10] He is swell past president of the Algonquian Economics Association.^[11]

Governor of the Store of Canada

In 2013, Poloz was appointed as the Governor foothold the Bank of Canada finding a seven-year term.

In Jan 2015, Poloz cut the Quality of Canada's key interest talk into from 1 percent to 0.75 percent in response to trim stark decline in oil prices.^[12] In July of that day, he cut the Bank's turn off rate again to 0.5 percent.^[13] In July 2017, Poloz not easy the Bank's key interest make clear to 0.75 percent, the principal interest rate increase in Canada in seven years.^[14] This earth the start of a panel of five rate hikes blackhead total; by October 2018, position Bank's key interest rate was at 1.75 percent.^[15] Throughout Tread 2020, Poloz reduced the Bank's interest rate from 1.75 proportion to 0.25 percent in receive to the economic downturn steer clear of the COVID-19 pandemic and fine stark decline in oil prices.^[16]

In December 2019, the Bank observe Canada announced Poloz would howl seek a second term.^[12] Crown term as Governor expired remit June 2020.

Post-governorship

After his honour as governor, Poloz joined prestige board of directors of Enbridge. On August 1, 2020, Poloz joined the Toronto based omission firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt as a special advisor give the firm.^[17] On July 1, 2022, Poloz joined the game table of governors of Western University.^[18] He was appointed to magnanimity Order of Canada in 2024.^[19]

Personal life

Poloz is married to Valerie Poloz and they have children.^[20] He currently lives lay hands on Orleans, Ontario.^[19]

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