Skip to main content

Featured

5 Things to Know Today — September 22, 2026

  September 22, 2026 BoC hike odds reach a coin flip. Oil retreats from four-month highs. Trump's Belarus potash play draws fire. A new federal bill speeds up major projects — with strings attached. Here's what moves your money today. 1. BoC October Hike Is Now a Coin Flip The Bank of Canada next meets October 28 , and markets are evenly split on whether it will raise rates for the first time since cutting to 2.25%. The whiplash is largely imported: after the U.S. Federal Reserve hiked 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00% on September 16 in a unanimous 12-0 vote — the first American rate increase since July 2023 — market-implied odds of a matching BoC move jumped from below 10% to roughly 60% in two weeks, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. Before the BoC's September 2 hold, odds of a hold sat at 94%. The 175-basis-point gap between the BoC (2.25%) and the Fed (3.75–4.00%) is the widest since 2022, which puts direct downward pressure on the loonie and upward pressure on Ca...

article

Your daily horoscope: August 8, 2023



Your daily horoscope: August 8, 2023


HOROSCOPES IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY

Be ambitious, assertive and maybe even a bit aggressive if the situation calls for it. Worry less about what other people think of your actions and more about what effects those actions will have on your career. Make professional success your guiding star.


ARIES (March 21 - April 20):

It will pay you to look at life from a wider and more inclusive perspective today. If you only choose to see what you want to see you could miss out on something that has the potential not just to change but to transform your existence.


TAURUS (April 21 - May 21):

Don’t wait for other people to give you permission to act. Seize the initiative and make sure everyone knows you are a force to be reckoned with. Mars in the most dynamic area of your chart will give both your energy and your ambition a boost.


GEMINI (May 22 - June 21):

You may not be at your most open and outgoing today but that’s no bad thing. You have given so much of yourself of late that your stock of physical, mental and emotional energy may be severely depleted. Give yourself a day off from your struggles.


CANCER (June 22 - July 23):

Social events, team efforts and group activities are under excellent stars now, so don’t sit at home in front of a screen, get out into the world and show your face – and show friends and loved ones you still know what fun is.


LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23):

Your career plans may be important to you but don’t forget to take loved ones along for the ride in whatever new direction you are planning to go. Their support will be essential if you are going to make a success of your new venture.


VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23):

Do something exciting and adventurous today, something you have dreamed of doing many times in the past but never quite had the courage to start. Mars in your sign endows you with huge self-belief, so it’s very much now or never.


LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23):

Avoid wishful thinking at all costs today. It might be fun daydreaming about things that are never going to happen but if you have plans to move up in the world then you need to keep your feet on the ground. Reality is more important than fantasy.


SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22):

The people you interact with today will have plenty to say for themselves, but if you are smart you will take none of it seriously. They are entitled to their opinions, of course, but that does not mean their opinions are relevant to you.


SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21):

There is a task that needs to be done and no matter how many times you have put it off in the past you must get on with it now. People in positions of authority are watching you closely, so make sure they get the best possible impression.


CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20):

Mars in the most adventurous area of your chart will inspire you to get out and about and make things happen. Don’t worry if friends and loved ones cannot keep up with you, just blaze a new trail and let them follow if and when they can.


AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19):

Do what you can to help a friend or family member who is struggling with issues that seem trivial to you. Even if you think they are being ridiculously over-emotional you must at least pretend to show sympathy, because that’s what they need.


PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20):

Your attitude toward an issue that has been important to you in the past will change radically over the next 24 hours. Suddenly you can see that it’s not such a disaster after all. Some people have clearly been making a fuss about it for their own benefit.

Comments