{"id":45883,"date":"2024-03-26T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/?p=45883"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:08:55","slug":"carleton-economics-team-participates-in-the-governors-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/2024\/carleton-economics-team-participates-in-the-governors-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Economics Team Participates in The Governor&#8217;s Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Economics Team Participates in The Governor&#8217;s Challenge\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The Governor&#8217;s Challenge is an annual competition for undergraduate university students to analyze and forecast economic developments for the monetary policy decision-making process.&nbsp; The competition takes place in Ottawa at the Bank of Canada&#8217;s head office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 27th, 2023, Carleton&#8217;s team advanced to the final round of the competition. The team consisted of third- and fourth-year Economics students, Aidan Freitag, Jake Kasouf, Abigail Meloche, Linda Nidal Sadeck, and Joshua Vandervalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by Professor Raul Razo-Garcia:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Unfortunately, my students were not crowned champions, but they did an incredible job in the final. Each year only 5 teams are selected from more than 20 teams from different Canadian universities. Their recommendation to the Bank and the presentation they submitted was extraordinary&#8211;I am very proud of them. At such a young age, it takes a lot of courage to present in person to high-profile Bank of Canada staff (including a deputy governor and senior directors).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bankofcanada\/53526366072\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"Carleton's student team with the Governor\" class=\"wp-image-45885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/Governors-Challenge-Team-Large.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Bank of Canada Front Row, left to right: Jake Kasouf, Governor Tiff MacKlem and Abigail Meloche Back Row, left to right: Josh Vandervalk, Aidan Freitag, Linda Nidal Sadek and Professor Raul Razo-Garcia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the team and thank you for representing Carleton University and the Department of Economics!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor&#8217;s Challenge is an annual competition for undergraduate university students to analyze and forecast economic developments for the monetary policy decision-making process.&nbsp; The competition takes place in Ottawa at the Bank of Canada&#8217;s head office. 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