Economics Students finalist for the 7th time for the Bank of Canada Governor's Challenge

From left to right: Jillian Schwartz, Jackson Reid, Jarod Chiasson, Zamaan Hussein, Payten Semeniuk

The Bank of Canada has just announced that the University of Alberta team has made it into the final round of the Governor's Challenge competition. The University of Alberta team this year included five students from our undergraduate Economics program:  Jillian Schwartz, Jarod Chiasson, Zamaan Hussein, Payten Semeniuk, and Jackson Reid. They were coached by  Max Sties from the Department of Economics. 

Congratulations to the team members and their coaches! This is the seventh time in the last eight years that the University of Alberta team has been declared a finalist in this prestigious competition. In early February 2025, the University of Alberta team will join the other four finalist teams from across Canada to compete for the Governors Challenge Cup at the Bank of Canada’s Ottawa headquarters. The Bank of Canada Governor's Challenge is an annual competition for undergraduate university students in Canada. It provides a platform for participants to showcase their knowledge and understanding of macroeconomics, central banking, and the role of the Bank of Canada. Students compete by analyzing current economic issues, forecasting key macroeconomic variables such as inflation and GDP, and presenting their findings and recommendations in a brief presentation followed by in-depth questions from a panel of esteemed Bank of Canada judges.