Inflation on both sides of the border is edging higher, forcing central banks to strike a more hawkish tone, while rising oil threatens to keep the heat turned up on consumer prices. On today’s episode, BMO Global Asset Management portfolio managers Chris Heakes and Alfred Lee, and your host Mckenzie Box, discuss the latest North American Consumer Price Index (CPI) prints, and what they mean for fixed income investing, while also diving into what elevated oil prices could signal about where the market goes from here. Read the episode summary.

Mckenzie Box is Director of Product at BMO Global Asset Management. She is joined on the podcast by Chris Heakes and Alfred Lee, Portfolio Managers and ETF Specialists at BMO Global Asset Management. The episode was recorded live on September 20, 2023.

ETFs mentioned in the podcast:

BMO Mid-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (Ticker: ZTM)

BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF (Ticker: ZLU)

BMO Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF (Ticker: ZEO)

BMO Covered Call Energy ETF (Ticker: ZWEN)

BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF (Ticker: ZWB)

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