{"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":"2025-11-13T16:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:30:34","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<\/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\/2025\/11\/birdseye-view-new-york-city-night.jpg); transform: translate3d(0px, -37px, 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