While managing a team of economists, Arlene has built strong relationships with clients who call on her for a straight-forward picture of unfolding developments in the Canadian economy. A recipient of the Consensus Economics' top economic forecaster in 2014 for Canada, she has been quoted in many major media outlets. She heads the Canadian macroeconomics group in Toronto, Canada, and is responsible for analyzing and forecasting the Canadian economy. Arlene oversees the provincial and industry forecast service. With more than a dozen years of experience, she provides regular analysis of market-moving Canadian economic indicators and monetary policy.

She joined S&P Global (Now a part of S&P Global), in May 2007. Previously, she served as an economist for a major Canadian bank, where she provided high-frequency economic data analysis and managed the provincial forecast. She also has extensive experience as a market data analyst.