juncture

In Andy’s words, “we are at a fascinating juncture in the markets.”

This withdrawal of liquidity is already causing some tensions in the repo market that have not been witnessed since 2019 and this persuades Howell that stocks are not the right asset allocation at this juncture.

The executive shuffle comes at a critical juncture for the industry—rife with uncertainty over consumer demand and questions over how artificial intelligence will change shopping behavior.

The problems could take months to resolve, obscuring what’s going on in the U.S. economy at a crucial juncture when growth appears wobbly and inflation is creeping higher.

But Rosengren said that with inflation higher than the Fed wants and the labor market weaker, “the possibility that the Fed makes a mistake at this juncture is probably uncomfortably high.”