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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How many episodes does Making Sense have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

Making Sense episodes:

August 18, 2025 Jackson Hole Symposium | Housing Data | Jobless Claims
Items to watch this week:
1. Jackson Hole Economic Economic Policy Symposium
2. Housing Data
3. Jobless Claims
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4min
August 13, 2025 Q&A | Inflation and the Fed | Earnings Season Results | Financial Markets
In this month's Making Sense Q&A series, Brent Ciliano and Phillip Neuhart discuss rising inflation data and what it could mean for the Fed’s path forward. July’s inflation data showed tariff impacts seeping into certain sectors, but not others. Why is that? With September’s rate decision on the horizon, what should investors consider ahead of the Fed’s next meeting?
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11min
August 11, 2025Inflation Data | Retail Sales | Geopolitical Developments
Consumer Price Index

Producer Price Index

Retail Sales

Geopolitical Developments
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4min
August 03, 2025Earnings Season | How Productive Are We? | Jobless Claims
Earning Season Continues

ISM Services Index

Nonfarm Productivity

Jobless Claims
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4min
July 28, 2025Earnings Season, Economic Data and the Fed Meeting
Q2 Earnings Season

Employment Data

Q2 GDP

Inflation Data

FOMC Meeting
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5min
July 22, 2025 Inflation, Earnings Season and Market Resilience
What’s the economic landscape ahead of next week’s Fed meeting? What are we watching in Q2 earnings season, and what might it all mean for financial markets? Learn more in July’s Q&A with Brent Ciliano and Phillip Neuhart.
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12min
July 21, 2025Housing Data, Trade Policy Developments and Q2 Earnings Season
Housing Data

Trade Policy Developments

Q2 Earnings Season
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5min
July 14, 2025Fresh Inflation Data, Retail Sales and Q2 Earnings Season
Fresh inflation data

Retail sales

Q2 earnings season
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4min
July 07, 2025In Brief | Jobs Data, Fed Meeting Minutes and Tariff Deadline
Labor market data

Federal Reserve meeting minutes

Geopolitical insights and tariff deadline
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2min
July 02, 2025 Portfolio Positioning Insights for Q3 2025
On June 24, 2025, Thomas O’Keefe, Managing Director, and Phillip Neuhart, Director of Market and Economic Research, sat down to talk about the underlying factors and decisions making up our portfolio positioning strategy for third quarter.
While global challenges exist, reacting to narratives is not an efficient investing strategy. Balance in portfolios with adequate guardrails in place remains constant in our portfolio positioning.
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16min

FAQs about Making Sense:

How many episodes does Making Sense have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.