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2025 saw a rift within Canada’s housing market, with prices sagging in some regions but rising steadily in others. Will 2026 be a repeat of last year, or can the depressed regions begin to heal? Join BMO Senior Economists Robert Kavcic and Sal Guatieri as they discuss the outlook ... Show More

2025 was another tough year for the US housing market, even as activity showed signs of stirring toward year-end. Join BMO Senior Economist Sal Guatieri as he discusses the outlook for 2026 in the wake of affordability, supply and population growth challenges, wide regional marke ... Show More

Amid a turbulent year of tariffs, AI-related spending, and a government shutdown, the resilience of the U.S. economy has surprised many. However, rising unemployment and stubborn inflation may be ominous signs for the new year. BMO's U.S. Chief Economist Scott Anderson joins Seni ... Show More

This week we discuss the topic increasingly on everyone’s minds: inflation. While the Bank of England’s chief economist predicts a great, post-coronavirus surge in economic recovery, we weigh up the risks that inflation could pose for savers and investors, with Miles Sherry (Inve ... Show More

<p>Armed with a PhD in economics, Torsten Slok spent several years at the OECD, doing deep dive analysis and making policy recommendations on big picture issues such as pension reform, tax systems and health care policy, before ultimately hitting Wall Street. He spent more than 1 ... Show More

<p>In this week’s episode of IG’s Trading the Markets podcast, IGTV’s Victoria Scholar speaks to Daniel Lacalle, chief economist at Tressis, about the post-pandemic recovery for the US economy, monetary and fiscal policy, and the potential economic risks ahead. </p> <p>Lacalle s ... Show More

Neil Dutta, the top economist over at Renaissance Macro, has generally been sunny and optimistic about the economy over the last four years or so. But now he's warning of a possible mistake by the Federal Reserve. In his view, the central bank is waiting too long to get confirmat ... Show More

<p>Corporate credit is likely to continue outperforming, even if downward revisions to GDP, sticky inflation data and a potential government shutdown could mean a less restrictive approach from the Fed.</p><p><br></p><p>----- Transcript -----</p><p>Welcome to Thoughts on the Mark ... Show More

By most accounts, the Fed will hold steady after raising the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 5.25% at the beginning of May. A Reuters poll found that 102 of 116 economists thought the Fed was done raising rates this year, and 30 believed they would lower it. With inflati ... Show More

Lack of direction is what investors will be suffering until we see clearer signs of inflation abating. And that will take time, as we must see a couple of encouraging data points to call the central banks’ inflation fight successful. The lack of clear direction is driving the mar ... Show More

<p>As markets contend with the recent volatility in the banking sector, global central banks face the challenge of continuing to combat inflation against this updated backdrop. Chief Cross-Asset Strategist Andrew Sheets and Global Chief Economist Seth Carpenter discuss.</p><p><br ... Show More