Stéfane Marion is Chief Economist and Strategist for National Bank of Canada and National Bank Financial, a position he has held since November 2008. Mr. Marion is regularly ranked among the top three economists in Canada by Brendan Wood International, a ranking confirmed again in 2022. The Economics and Strategy group has won a number of forecast accuracy awards for Canada. In 2012, the C.D. Howe Institute appointed Mr. Marion to its Monetary Policy Council and to the newly established Business Cycle Council. Mr. Marion joined NBF’s Economics Group in 1999. Previously, Mr. Marion worked for several years in the federal departments of Finance and Industry in Ottawa, where, in addition to economic analysis and forecasting, he also worked on microeconomic policy impact studies. Mr. Marion holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Université de Montréal.