{"id":1420,"date":"2021-11-05T04:27:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/people\/eric-lascelles\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:56:13","slug":"eric-lascelles","status":"publish","type":"rbcwm_people","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/people\/eric-lascelles","title":{"rendered":"Eric Lascelles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-wm rbc-overlap-zindex-1 rbc-hero-contain rbc-hero-overlap rbc-hero-has-image-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card rbc-hero-card rbc-hero\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-body-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"rbc-hero-title\">Eric Lascelles<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"rbc-hero-hr hr-mini bdr-accent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-hero-subtitle\">Chief Economist\r\nRBC Global Asset Management<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-hero-text\">RBC Global Asset Management Inc.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-extra\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-img-wrap col-lg-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-img bleed-img-right rbc-hero-img-desktop-bottom-center rbc-hero-img-mobile-bottom-center\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/eric-lascelles-1.png?w=510);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-rbc-block rbc-block rbc-block-grey rbc-block-flush has-block-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-between no-gutters blockId-861e7eef-3998-4973-b3b4-d38463a066ea\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-column col-lg-5 order-lg-1\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-column col-lg-6\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As chief economist for RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM), Eric Lascelles maintains the firm&#8217;s global economic forecast and advises its portfolio managers on key themes and risks. Eric is also a member of the RBC Investment Strategy Committee (RISC), which is responsible for the firm&#8217;s global asset mix recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric makes regular presentations both within and outside of RBC GAM. He is also a frequent media commentator on global economic and financial trends, appearing regularly on CNBC, BNN and other networks. Eric&#8217;s written editorials have appeared in <em>The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Wall Street Journal<\/em> and <em>Financial Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining RBC GAM, Eric spent close to a decade at another large financial institution. Before that, he was a researcher at Statistics Canada. Externally, he serves on the C.D. Howe Institute&#8217;s Business Cycle Council, the group that dates recessions and other economic turning points in Canada. He\u2019s also on the board of the Toronto Association of Business and Economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric holds a graduate degree in Economics from Queen&#8217;s University as well as a Bachelor of Economics from Princeton University.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"rbc-block rbc-block-image rbc-block-flush-top rbc-block-grey rbc-block-image-full rbc-block-image-mobile rbc-block-image-mobile-top rbc-block-image-has-title-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-block-image-img rbc-block-image-full-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-block-image-parallax\" style=\"opacity: 1; background-image: url(https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/two-engineers-in-factory-talking-3210x2140-1.jpg); transform: translate3d(0px, -37px, 0px);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container rbc-block-image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between h-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"col-lg-6 align-self-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"rbc-block-image-title rbc-block-image-title-boxy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEric&#039;s insights\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-block-image-content col-12 rbc-block-image-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row overlap-top-mobile justify-content-center justify-content-lg-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc41\" class=\"rbc-media-card-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc42\" class=\"rbc-card rbc-media-card rbc-card-hover rbc-media-card-stacked-vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"rbc-media-card-title rbc-media-card-title-wrap\"><span class=\"rbc-media-card-title-link\"><span>The promise and peril of AI<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category rbc-media-card-category\">Analysis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-media-card-text\"><p>Until quite recently, the AI boom had been viewed in an almost entirely positive light. But for all of the promise, fears are now growing that AI could also disrupt sectors, hurt workers and pose a risk to the economy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-ca\/insights\/the-promise-and-peril-of-ai\" class=\"rbc-media-card-footer-link align-self-end link-chev rbc-card-link-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rbc-media-card-cta-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7 minute read\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc43\" class=\"rbc-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"rbc43Icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" class=\"rbc-icon-img fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\"> &#8211; 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