Jeff Rubin

Jeff Rubin has been the top-ranked economist in Canadian financial markets more than a decade.
 
Throughout his career, Mr. Rubin's work has often been the subject of national headlines and has been instrumental in raising key issues to the national spotlight. Abroad, he is best known for his work on global energy markets and has become internationally recognized for his prescient calls on oil prices and their economic impacts.  
 
Mr. Rubin recently stepped down as Chief Economist at CIBC World Markets (a position he has held since 1992), to devote his time exclusively to speaking and writing on economic issues. His path-breaking book, Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, published by Random House, was released simultaneously in Canada, the US and the United Kingdom in May 2009. A best-seller, Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller was the winner of the 2010 National Business Book Award.
 
Mr. Rubin’s opinions have been widely reported in the international media. He wrote a widely followed national column in The Globe and Mail, “Ahead of the Curve”, and he has been a fixture on network coverage of the federal budget and other key economic events for almost two decades. He has also made numerous television appearances on ABC, CBS, CNN and CNBC. His opinions and insights have appeared on the front page of The New York Times, as well as The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek and The Economist.
 
On the podium, Jeff Rubin is a provocative speaker who brings unparalleled experience, insight and candour to his presentations. Whether speaking about the current economic climate or the impact of energy scarcity and rising oil prices on globalization, he paints a compelling picture of the future - exploring what the new global economy will look like and what it will mean for all of us.

• Economic Outlook

  Mr. Rubin first caught the attention of financial markets in 1989 with his now-famous call for a 25 per cent decline in Toronto real estate prices. Since then Mr. Rubin's work has often been the subject of national headlines and has been instrumental in raising key issues to the national spotlight. His many calls on the economy and financial markets, particularly with regard to interest rates and the Canadian dollar, earned him no less than 10 number one rankings in either the Brendan Woods annual survey of institutional equity or fixed income investors. The largest fund managers in North America, Europe and the Far East value his expertise, which he now shares with audiences world-wide.

• Oil and the End of Globalization

  What do subprime mortgages, Atlantic salmon, SUVs and globalization have in common? They all depend on cheap oil. And in a world of dwindling oil supplies and steadily mounting demand around the world, oil will never be cheap again. In his new book, Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization, renowned economist and energy expert Jeff Rubin explains how skyrocketing oil prices (not subprime lending) caused the recession, and why the rising cost of oil will reverse globalization. Interest rates, carbon trading, inflation, farmer's markets, and the wave of trade protectionism washing up all over the world in the wake of various economic stimulus and bailout packages - it all hinges on the new reality of a world where demand for oil eventually outstrips supply. Whether we like it or not, our world is about to get a whole lot smaller.

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