Owusu

Senior Economist @Export Development Canada | Exportation et développement Canada

CA

Provides macroeconomic and monetary policy views of the US, Canada and Mexico economies for EDC\'s flagship Global Economic Outlook. Previously covered Germany\'s economy for EDC\'s Global Economic Outlook.• Monitor, analyze and forecast Canadian exports of agri-food, fisheries, fertilizers, and lumber. •Monitors global economic and geopolitical developments and leveraging those information to provide economic forecast and scenario analysis. •Developing and managing macroeconomic models used for economic forecasting• Expert use of stochastic macroeconomic models (including the Oxford Economic Model) to generate economic scenarios and stress testing in a regulated environment including working with validators and auditors• Produced quarterly report on economic performance and trends for assigned markets and sectors along with high caliber custom reports for governments, agencies and multinational companies.•Provide key input and insights in the development of alternative scenarios for corporate IFRS 9 financial planning requirement•Coordinate and document the macroeconomic forecasting and scenario development processes to ensure compliance with corporate audit and IFRS 9 requirement•Respond to inquiries from regulators, auditors, model validators and executives about scenario results•Ensure that forecast and scenario building adheres to regulatory standards and that best practices are applied in producing forecast and scenario •Co-ordinate the integration and application of scenario outputs in areas of accounting and risk.•Undertaken several high caliber custom economic impact studies, provided econometric/modeling training for clients using Eviews econometric software.•An experienced mentor to junior staff.

University of Saskatchewan

Master's degree

University of Ghana

Bachelor's degree