Webinar Discussion of the challenges faced when measuring and analyzing the economy in an increasingly digitalized world.  Speaker: James Tebrake, the Director General from the Macroeconomic Accounts Branch   Duration: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EST - (1 hour) Date: September 26, 2018 Language: English   Topics explored include:

• What is changing?
• What this means for the way we measure the economy
• What this means for the way we analyze the economy

           To register for the session, click HERE.     James Tebrake graduated from McMaster University with an Honours B.A. in Economics and Carleton University where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics. From the time he joined Statistics Canada in 1992, he has worked in a number of areas in the Economic Statistics Field including International Trade Statistics and Industry Statistics. He is currently Director General of the Macroeconomic Indicators such as Gross Domestic Product, National net worth, labour productivity, balance of payments and government revenues, expenditures and levels of debt.