Category: 5 Things Daily
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: October 8th, 2025
1. Shutdown Continues, That’s Good? U.S. government shutdown continues, and with this; we are not getting an data. Next week is supposed to be U.S. inflation data, but will we…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: October 6th, 2025
1. U.S. Government Shutdown Continues We are not getting much of official data out of the U.S.. So far, not much panic about this, but let’s see how it unfolds…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: October 3rd, 2025
1. No U.S. Jobs Data Since there’s a U.S. government shutdown, no jobs data today. Oh no! What are we going to do?! This is what you need to know:…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: October 2nd, 2025
1. U.S. Government Shutdown Drama The U.S. government shutdown is in full swing. If it lasts until Friday, we won’t get the September jobs report until it’s over. Some estimates…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: September 30th, 2025
1. Panic? U.S. Government Shutdown Looms There’s talk of a possible U.S. government shutdown on October 1st. Before you panic, remember this isn’t new—it’s happened before and is more political…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: September 29th, 2025
1. Big Week for U.S. Jobs Data — Watch the Trend, Not Just the Number Relatively light data today, but it’s an important week overall. One thing worth watching: U.S.…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: September 26th, 2025
1. Canada’s GDP Shows First Growth in Four Months Canadian GDP for July rose 0.2%, beating expectations after a 0.1% decline in June. This is the first monthly gain in…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: September 24th, 2025
1. Housing Data Takes Center Stage The biggest data point today is the new U.S. home sales report. Tomorrow brings final Q2 GDP estimates and unemployment claims, while Friday is…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: September 23rd, 2025
1. Canadian Home Prices Keep Slipping & Key Speeches on Deck Canadian new home prices declined once again month-over-month—not shocking at all. Canadian housing market is hurting. Today we’ll also…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: September 22nd, 2025
1. Economic Data & Central Bankers on Deck From an economic data perspective, not much is happening over the next few days. However, lots of central bankers are expected to…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: September 18th, 2025
1. Federal Reserve: “Higher for Longer” We got a 25 bps cut yesterday. I don’t know why some were calling for 50 bps. With markets at all time highs, economy…
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5 Things I Am Watching Today: September 17th, 2025
1. Big Day for Central Banks It’s the big day today… Bank of Canada (BoC) cuts rates at 10:00 a.m., followed by a press conference at 10:30 a.m. Then, the…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: September 16th, 2025
1. Inflation & Retail Data: Mixed Signals Canadian inflation headline figures came in lower-than-expected month-over-month. Nothing too shocking there. Meanwhile, U.S. retail sales beat expectations — both the headline and…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: September 15th, 2025
1. Interest Rate Decisions This Week This is a very busy and important week when it comes to interest rates. On Wednesday, we get rate decisions from the Federal Reserve…
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5 Things I am Watching Today: September 11th, 2025
1. CPI Comes in Cooler — Market Back on the Fed-Cut Train Good news: the CPI came in not too hot. This is a win. Why? Because the economy is…