Global Economics

Jonathan Petersen joined Capital Economics in October 2020 and is a Markets Economist in the Global Markets team. He joined from Vanguard’s economic research team, where he specialized in currencies and global trade. Before that, he was a strategy consultant in Deloitte Consulting’s mergers and acquisitions practice. He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and Corporate Strategy from Boston College and a masters degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.

Articles published by Jonathan Petersen

• We expect oil to be the key driver for the loonie
• We expect EM currency appreciation to moderate
• Three risks to our forecast for a weaker dollar
• We think US dollar upside remains limited by loose Fed policy
• We think the dollar will fall further as risky assets gain
• We expect the euro to rise further against the dollar
• Dollar may weaken further regardless of election result
• We expect Canadian dollar appreciation to persist
• We expect Canadian dollar appreciation to persist