Making Sense

By First Citizens Wealth

Making Sense explores the key forces shaping today’s markets—and how they impact the financial decisions investors face every day. Through timely conversations, our market and economic researchers cut... more

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FAQs about Making Sense:

How many episodes does Making Sense have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

Making Sense episodes:

December 15, 2025 Employment | Inflation | Future interest rates 12.18.2025
Items to watch this week:
1. Employment data
2. CPI
3. Policymaker commentary
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5min
December 08, 2025 Interest rates and the Fed: How does it all work?
Thomas O'Keefe, Managing Director of Portfolio Strategy and Partnership, and Phillip Neuhart, Senior Director of Market & Economic Research, discuss what Fed policy can control and what it can't. What should investors consider in this rate environment?
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20min
December 08, 2025 Interest rate decisions | Job openings | Small business optimism 12.08.2025
Items to watch this week:
1. Federal Reserve meeting
2. Job openings and labor turnover
3. Small business optimism
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4min
December 01, 2025 ISM surveys | Labor market data | Consumer spending and sentiment 12.1.2025
What to watch in the week ahead:
1. ISM survey indices
2. Labor market data
3. Personal income and spending
4. Consumer sentiment
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5min
November 24, 2025 Market trends | Upcoming data releases | Interest rate path
What to watch this week:
1. Official releases including producer price index and retail sales
2. Jobless claims
3. Fed comments and speeches ahead of rate decision
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5min
November 17, 2025 Official data resumes | Fed's rate path
Items to watch this week:
1. Official data releases
2. Inflation and employment data
3. Fed policymaker speeches
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4min
November 10, 2025 Inflation commentary | Policy updates
Coming up this week:
1. Inflation commentary
2. Washing policy updates
3. Fed policymaker speeches
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5min
November 03, 2025 Private employment data | ISM Indices | Fed speeches 11.03.2025
What to watch in the week ahead:
1. Private employment data
2. ISM manufacturing and services indices
3. Fed policymaker speeches
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4min
October 27, 2025 Fed meeting | Q3 GDP | Earning season 10.27.2025
What to watch this week:
1. Federal Reserve meeting
2. Q3 GDP alternative data sources
3. Q3 earnings season
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5min
October 20, 2025 Inflation data | Trade policy | Q3 earnings season 10.20.2025
What to watch this week:
1. Consumer price index report
2. Trade policy updates
3. Q3 earnings results
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5min

FAQs about Making Sense:

How many episodes does Making Sense have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.