James Knightley

There’s little doubt that the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this Wednesday will opt to maintain interest rates unchanged within the 5.25% to 5.5% range while also keeping their quantitative tightening program running at the same pace. But, the real focus lies in the...

Markets are poised for what, perhaps, could be the crunch moment in 2023. Will equities be given the green light to rally into 2024, pushing the U.S. dollar lower? Will it be pivot or pushback from the Federal Reserve at its final policy meeting of 2023. The Pivot: This is the scenario in which the...

Speculators' bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts in the second half of 2023 have been dwindling lately, as economists predict policymakers to stay in a hawkish-hold mode for longer than expected owing to sticky inflation and diminished recessionary risks. As a rate hike of 25 basis points at...

U.S. retail sales numbers from the month of February looked pretty bad at first glance, but there may be reason for optimism in the retail space. Earlier this month, the government reported a 0.2-percent decline in February retail sales, but there are a handful of caveats to the low number. Deep...