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Daily Markets Update: Hot U.S. CPI Rattles Tech, Kospi Crashes 7.6%, TSX Slides 1.1% (Oct. 15)

  Thursday, October 15, 2026 | Canadian Money Brief | Daily Markets Update A hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation report turned Wednesday into a risk-off day, and the damage spread overnight to Asia, where South Korea's Kospi crashed 7.6% and triggered a market-wide circuit breaker. Here is where Canada, the U.S. and the world's other major markets stand this morning. Today's Headlines U.S. CPI hit 3.7% in September (3.6% expected, 3.4% in August), with core inflation at 2.6%. The Nasdaq fell 1.88% and the S&P 500 lost 1.11%. The TSX fell 1.11% to 35,584.46 , ending a three-day winning streak as materials plunged 4.33%. Asia sold off hard on AI valuation fears: Kospi -7.57% (seventh straight loss), Nikkei -4.90%. The loonie sits near an 18-month low at about 70.1 US cents as Fed-hike bets rise. Brent closed at US$106.06 and gold slid to a one-week low near US$4,084. Canada: TSX Ends Three-Day Win Streak The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 399.52 points, or 1.11%, to...
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We Built a Budget Planner Spreadsheet for Canadian Households — Here's What's Inside

 

If you've been reading our RRSP/TFSA/FHSA and household budgeting pieces, you already know the line we keep coming back to: a plan is only as good as your ability to actually track it. So we built something to close that gap.

Introducing the Canadian Budget Planner

It's an editable spreadsheet — not a course, not a subscription, just a tool you can start using today — built specifically around how Canadian households actually budget.

What's inside:

  • Monthly Budget tab — Planned vs. Actual across Housing, Transportation, Debt, Food, Personal and more, with totals and your savings rate calculated automatically
  • RRSP, TFSA and FHSA contributions get their own line — treated as a required part of the budget, not whatever's left over at the end of the month
  • Annual Overview tab — a 12-month view with an auto-updating income-vs-expenses chart and a savings-rate chart, so you can see your trend across the year
  • Just fill in the blue cells — every total, difference, and percentage updates on its own

It works in Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers, and it's yours as an instant download — no account, no recurring charge.

Why we built this

Every week we cover the numbers that squeeze Canadian households — rate holds, tariff-driven price bumps, renewal shock. Reading about it is one thing. Having somewhere to actually put your own numbers next to it is another. This is that place.

As always: this is a budgeting tool for general use, not personalized financial advice. For anything specific to your situation, talk to a licensed advisor.

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