Chris Giles

Wednesday, 9 July, 2025

Tuesday, 8 July, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

Who should deliver the monetary message? Premium

Being ‘one of us’ matters amid US presidential challenge

Tuesday, 1 July, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

A week of central bank communication horror shows Premium

US contemplates the potential disaster of a shadow Fed chair and the ECB gets too cocky

Friday, 27 June, 2025

London

Should we stop the UK’s best talent moving to London?

The capital has been skewing Britain’s economic geography for more than a century

Tuesday, 24 June, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

The dangers of stablecoins Premium

They are no substitute for money, even if usage is growing fast

Tuesday, 24 June, 2025

Eurozone economy

ECB could still cut rates despite oil market volatility, top policymaker says

French central bank governor says further easing remains possible as underlying inflation outlook remains unchanged

Tuesday, 17 June, 2025

UK public finances

Reeves signals UK defence spending will not rise above 2.6% of GDP this parliament

Chancellor’s comments come despite US pressure on Nato countries to rapidly boost their militaries

Tuesday, 17 June, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

Central banks struggle with dodgy data Premium

Stresses in data collection are impossible to ignore. Plus, the first signs of tariff inflation show up

Friday, 13 June, 2025

Political Fix podcast35 min listen

Reeves sets Labour’s course – but what will it deliver?

A deep dive on the spending review

Friday, 13 June, 2025

UK public services

A blizzard of figures from Reeves obscures the real political challenge

We have higher expectations of services than providers can offer from the taxes we actually want to pay

Tuesday, 10 June, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

Central banks can brush aside rising long bond yields Premium

Their credibility is strong, the spillovers are small and financial conditions are improving

Tuesday, 3 June, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

The Fed is relishing fighting the White House flab Premium

Officials make clear the central bank would be a lean, mean, rate-cutting machine if the president ditched his tariffs

Friday, 30 May, 2025

Political Fix podcast35 min listen

Who’s afraid of Nigel Farage?

Plus: Rachel Reeves’ problems are piling up ahead of the Autumn Budget

Thursday, 29 May, 2025

Federal Reserve

Court curtails Trump’s tariff powers Premium

US Court of International Trade’s decision will not be final word but raises possibility of more measured trade policy

Wednesday, 28 May, 2025

Ageing Populations

The world of work is much more pleasant than we expected

Longer effective working lives have so far offset ageing populations

Tuesday, 27 May, 2025

UK economy

Will Reeves bend her fiscal rules to help balance the books?

IMF has warned there are ‘significant risks’ associated with delivering the UK chancellor’s economic strategy

Tuesday, 27 May, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

The Fed sheds one of its three big threats Premium

The courts will not pose a problem, even if tariffs and the budget still do

Saturday, 24 May, 2025

Swamp Notes podcast24 min listen

Trump’s next 100 days

Predicting President Donald Trump’s next moves is a fool’s errand. Two FT columnists try anyway

Tuesday, 20 May, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

Who will pay for Trump’s tariffs? Premium

It depends whether you ask businesses, exporters, officials or academics

Wednesday, 14 May, 2025

UK tax

How EV subsidies are taking the UK back to the 1970s

A cautionary tale about good intentions messing up the tax system

Tuesday, 13 May, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

A bad scenario for the UK Premium

The Bank of England’s efforts to highlight uncertainties require improvement

Tuesday, 6 May, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

We should not believe consumers who say they’ve got the blues Premium

Surveys of consumer sentiment tell us something, but no longer much about economics

Thursday, 1 May, 2025

Brexit

Brexit lessons for Trump’s trade war

Big talk of holding all the cards looks even worse with the benefit of hindsight

Tuesday, 29 April, 2025

Federal Reserve

Warsh delivers Fed a blast of cold heir Premium

How would the former central bank governor change the institution?

Tuesday, 22 April, 2025

Chris Giles on Central Banks

Trump is making Fed chair the world’s worst job Premium

The president is intent on shaping the role for Jay Powell and his successor