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 58 episodes available.

Making Sense episodes:

September 15, 2025 Fed Meeting | Retail Sales | Housing Data
Happening this week:
1. Federal Reserve Rate Decision (0:21)
2. Retail Sales Data (1:17)
3. Housing Starts (1:32)
4. Jobless Claims (1:43)
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5min
September 08, 2025 Inflation data | Monitoring jobless claims | Consumer sentiment
Items to watch this week:
1. Inflation data (0:12)
2. Jobless claims (0:58)
3. Consumer sentiment (1:13)
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5min
September 02, 2025 Employment Report | Services and Manufacturing | Job Openings and Layoffs
Things to watch this week:
1. August's Employment Report
2. Services and manufacturing data
3. Job openings and layoffs
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4min
August 25, 2025 Fed Policymaker Speeches | House Price Data | Inflation
This week, markets and investors should focus on:
1. Fed policymaker speeches
2. House price data
3. Inflation data
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4min
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

FAQs about Making Sense:

How many episodes does Making Sense have?

The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.