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    Chris Giles

    Economics editor

    Chris Giles became economics editor for the Financial Times in October 2004, having previously served as a leader writer. His reporting beat covers global and UK economic affairs and he writes a UK economics column fortnightly.

    Before joining the FT as economics editor, he was an economics reporter for the BBC, worked for Ofcom, the telecommunications regulator and started his career with seven years as an economist for the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Chris loves numbers.

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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Global Economy
      A ‘milestone’ moment: why economists think the global cycle of rate rises is over

      The world economy is showing signs of a slowdown, fuelling investors’ hopes that inflationary pressures are easing

      The ECB’s Christine Lagarde, Jay Powell of the Fed and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
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      Bank of England decided to hold interest rates at 5.25% yesterday

    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour vows to strengthen UK’s fiscal watchdog

      Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says OBR would be given independent powers to produce forecasts

      Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      How long will the Bank of England keep interest rates high?

      Markets are betting on looser monetary policy late next year, but some economists say it could happen sooner

      BoE building with rates graphic
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25%

      Pound falls to six-month low after decision signals possible peak in borrowing costs

      The Bank of England in London, England
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      UK inflation
      Investors slash bets on UK rate rise after inflation falls to 6.7%

      Economists expected higher oil prices to push up inflation

      Someone holding a shopping basket
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Global economic growth
      Central banks must keep rates high until inflation is tamed, says OECD

      Organisation sees no case for monetary easing in rich nations despite economic strains and trading tensions

      Clare Lombardelli
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Liz Truss makes defiant return to political fray

      UK’s shortest-serving PM unbowed in speech despite disastrous legacy and attacks from within own party

      Liz Truss arrives at the Institute for Government to make a speech on Monday
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      BoE expected to raise interest rates to 5.5%

      Markets and economists anticipate the 15th increase in this cycle by the central bank to be the last

      People sitting outside the Bank of England in London, England
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      UK inflation
      Cutting UK inflation won’t ease Conservative plight

      Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt will soon learn painful lesson that haunts Joe Biden in US

      Rishi Sunak. Whether it is fair or not, today’s politicians will be blamed for destroying the long period of relative price stability
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      UK economy
      UK government weighs change to ‘triple lock’ to limit pension increase

      Ministers look at a rise in line with earnings excluding bonuses — below the headline 8.5% rate

      Rishi Sunak speaking in the House of Commons
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      UK interest rates should rise further, says BoE official

      Catherine Mann warns leaving cost of borrowing unchanged risks ‘further inflation persistence’

      Catherine Mann
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK inflation
      BoE braced for bump in the road in fight against inflation

      Latest official data is expected to show price growth picking up again in August

      A montage of images of a wine bottle, chart, fruits and petrol pump
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      UK government spending
      UK ministers explore cutting working-age benefits in real terms

      Senior Conservatives say move would create space for tax cuts ahead of election

      Shoppers carrying milk and groceries
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      UK politics
      UK Treasury braced for 8% rise in pensions because of triple lock

      Retirees’ incomes boosted by more than workers’ as state payment exceeds inflation

    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      UK interest rates
      BoE’s Bailey casts doubt on need for further interest rate rises

      Pound falls to three-month low after central bank governor say UK economy is nearing top of cycle

      Andrew Bailey
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      FT SeriesThe Return of Big Government
      Big government is back. How will we pay for it?

      Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise

    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK schools
      UK’s school buildings failure goes back decades, data shows

      Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional bursts of spending

      A taped off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Global inflation
      Europe grapples with higher inflation than the US

      After-effects of surge in European energy prices have kept inflation higher than in the US

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      UK economy
      How the UK’s radical data revisions shattered its economic narrative

      Changes to Office for National Statistics output estimates leave economists rushing to revise views

    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      UK financial crisis
      Liz Truss mini-Budget fallout like swimming with crocodiles, says BoE’s top economist

      Huw Pill says dealing with market turmoil sparked by unfunded tax cuts was ‘not a comfortable experience’

      Kwasi Kwarteng unveiling an anti-inflation budget plan at the House of Common
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      UK economy
      UK economy bounced back from Covid, ONS revisions reveal

      Statistical agency’s revisions put Britain’s post-pandemic recovery in line with G7 peers

      A mural depicting a NHS nurse in Manchester’s Northern Quarter
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      UK interest rates
      UK interest rates may not rise further, says Bank of England’s top economist

      Huw Pill indicates he will vote to keep rates at 5.25% for longer, pushing back against market expectations

    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Global economic growth
      The five global economic shifts happening now

      As uncertainty and inflation challenge central bankers and policymakers, they must also adapt to structural changes

      James Ferguson illustration of trucks driving on wavy lines on a chart, with a road sign reading 3% to indicate the speed limit of global economic growth
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      US inflation
      It’s far too early to declare the end of inflation

      Economists on either side of the Atlantic should not bet on a ‘soft landing’

      James Ferguson illustration of a satellite image of the US and Europe with percentage-shaped clouds over them
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