JK
James Knightley
Academic
Chief US economist at ING.
Notable Quotes
"The squeeze on household spending power is intensifying."View Story →
"Long way to go before year's end"View Story →
"the decline was 'a major surprise given the World Cup is on and bars and venues are busy'."View Story →
"Our concern is that with the Middle East conflict showing little sign of coming to an imminent conclusion, an overlay of heightened geopolitical, economic and market angst is not going to incentivise business to suddenly start hiring now."View Story →
"Our concern is that with the Middle East conflict showing little sign of coming to an imminent conclusion, an overlay of heightened geopolitical, economic and market angst is not going to incentivise business to suddenly start hiring now."View Story →
"Our concern is that with the Middle East conflict showing little sign of coming to an imminent conclusion, an overlay of heightened geopolitical, economic and market angst is not going to incentivise business to suddenly start hiring now."View Story →
"Our concern is that with the Middle East conflict showing little sign of coming to an imminent conclusion, an overlay of heightened geopolitical, economic and market angst is not going to incentivise business to suddenly start hiring now."View Story →
""Our concern is that with the Middle East conflict showing little sign of coming to an imminent conclusion, an overlay of heightened geopolitical, economic and market angst is not going to incentivise business to suddenly start hiring now.""View Story →
"as consumer spending cools, investment linked to tech and AI has clearly become the main engine of growth in the US."View Story →
"Investment linked to tech and AI has clearly become the main engine of growth in the US."View Story →
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