Dr. Bethune is Director of Financial Economics for Global Insight's United States Macroeconomics Group. Prior to this, he was Manager, Business Economics Group for Caterpillar Inc., and senior financial economist for the Bank of Montreal/Harris Bank Group. He has worked on special assignments at the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, and the Institute of International Finance, Washington D.C.
Bethune is responsible for high-frequency economic analysis and the weekly financial report. In addition, Bethune develops and supports US macroeconomic model resources for credit and financial markets, interest and borrowing rates, the flow of funds, government debt and deficits, government expenditures, and taxation.
Areas of Expertise at Global Insight:
- Federal Reserve analysis and monetary policy decisions
- Credit market dynamics, financial regulation, and the flow of funds
- Interest rates, borrowing rates, financial modeling, and the yield curve
- High-frequency US economic developments and their impact on equity, bond, and currency markets
- Government budgets and debt
- Government policies: revenues, expenditures, and policy simulations
Bethune is the author of several professional and academic articles that have appeared in publications such as Business Economics, as well as in the Canadian Tax Journal.
Bethune holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in international economics from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He also holds a Master of Arts from McMaster University, Canada, and a Certificate in Advanced Monetary Economics from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, Kiel, Germany.
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