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Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc will be leaving his post next month in an unexpected departure for one of the top policy makers at the central bank.

Leduc will return to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, where he worked before his appointment to the Ottawa-based bank in 2016, the Bank of Canada said Wednesday. Leduc issued a separate statement to staff, citing “family considerations” for the move, without providing details on what job he’ll do at the Fed.

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“Sylvain has been a wonderful addition to Governing Council. We have benefited from his policy expertise and his strong sense of teamwork,” Governor Stephen Poloz said in the statement. “Sylvain’s motivation and leadership has had a powerful impact on our researchers and on the Bank’s capacity as a research institution.”

Louise Egan, a Bank of Canada spokeswoman, said Leduc isn’t moving to take over the presidency of the San Francisco Fed, a position that’s currently vacant.