Economic and Market Updates

Focus

September 2, 2022 - ___Marketing HQ

Focus is the flagship publication of the BMO Economics team. This weekly publication covers major economic developments, provides updated forecasts, looks ahead to the key events of the upcoming week, and provides detailed insights into key economic issues.

Canadian Strategy Snapshot

September 20, 2022 - ___Marketing HQ

"Thoughts on TSX Performance Reversals" - Chief Investment Strategist, Brian Belski.

U.S. Strategy Snapshot

September 20, 2022 - ___Marketing HQ

"Profit Margin Resilience on Display" - Chief Investment Strategist, Brian Belski.

Rates Scenario

September 14, 2022 - ___Marketing HQ

Rates Scenario, covering currencies and markets outside of the U.S. and Canada.

Marginal Tax Rates

March 13, 2024 - ___Marketing HQ

The table below outlines the 2025 top combined Federal and provincial/territorial marginal personal tax rates. The rates apply to taxable incomes over $253,414 in all jurisdictions, with the exception of the following thresholds: $259,829 in British Columbia; $362,961 in Alberta; $400,000 in Manitoba; $500,000 in Yukon; and $1,128,858 in Newfoundland and Labrador

Resources

Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Putting a Sweater on the Octopus – employment paradoxes and paradigms

The Through Line: The wellbeing of the labor market preoccupied commentators, policy makers, Fed watchers and job hunters for much of 2025......

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Early wealth transfer is on the rise

Every generation experiences money-related challenges, but with soaring housing prices, mounting student debt and an unforgiving job market, many young Canadians are feeling the strain. The impacts of these financial headwinds could be spilling into...

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Surprise, Surprise

The Through Line: For writers and poets, surprise is a gift. But investors hate plot twists – and 2025 had more than its fair share. We look back at some of the year’s biggest eye-openers, highlighting key lessons that can be carried forward into the...

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Top 5 wealth lessons learned in 2025

This past year will be remembered as a roller coaster ride. Between increasing tariffs, falling interest rates, fluctuating economic growth, and the familiar estate planning and tax-related issues that always arise, there was plenty to keep us on our...

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Fearless Forecasts

The Through Line: It’s been a year of market-moving events on every front imaginable – from sharply pivoting trade policy to technological innovation. Yet, global equity indexes have powered through in fine fashion, flirting with double-digit gains f...

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Holiday Shoppers - Hopeful Harbinger or Hopelessly Over Their Skis?

The Through Line: The critical holiday shopping season is in full swing, with consumers on the hunt for bargains. Investors, on the other hand, are busy tracking down themes that can help them peg the trajectory for 2026, reflecting consumption’s pre...

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: The Fed’s Duel(ing) Mandate

The Through Line: The Fed’s next interest rate decision has been hotly debated among finance types for weeks. Unlike other central banks whose only objective is controlling inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve......

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Anx-AI-ety

The Through Line: AI’s leap into public consciousness is barely three years old, yet it can be hard to recall a time when its progress or impact didn’t enter the conversation......

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Q3 Earnings Learnings

The Through Line: A dearth of official data (thanks to the longest U.S. government shutdown on record) needn’t prevent investors from gathering the information necessary......

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