US President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods as part of a new trade war against the US's second-biggest trading partner. ^[1] Carlos Capistran, managing director and Head of Latin America and Canada Economics Research at BofA Securities, was ranked as the number one Latin America and Mexico economist in the Institutional Investor survey. ^[2] Bank of America economist Carlos Capistran said in a Tuesday note that the BoC is expected to keep rates on hold, citing trade uncertainty and core inflation at the 2% target. ^[3] Goldman Sachs forecast in an Aug. 28 note that Trump's tariffs would create a 0.3 percentage point headwind to Canadian GDP growth and a 0.3 percentage point boost to inflation. ^[4] The Bank of Canada will publish its latest interest rate decision at 9:45 a.m. ET on 2025-09-03, with the decision complicated by US tariffs and trade tensions. ^[5] Prior to joining BofA, Capistran served as director of macroeconomic analysis at the Central Bank of Mexico and as an economist at Mexico's Ministry of Finance. ^[6]