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Chris Giles

Economics Commentator

Chris Giles is the FT’s economics commentator. He writes a fortnightly column and the weekly newsletter, Chris Giles on Central Banks (sign up here). Previously, he was economics editor and served as a leader writer.

He is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the UCL Policy Lab. Before joining the FT, he worked for the BBC, Ofcom and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Chris loves numbers.

Email Chris Giles @ChrisGiles_  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Eurozone economy
    The astonishing success of Eurozone bailouts

    As Greek borrowing costs fall to French levels, the bloc’s ‘periphery’ shows the value of steady reform

    People eat in a restaurant in Athens as a chef cooks in the open kitchen
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Can robots replace humans in monetary policy? Premium content

    No, but machines are making some serious progress

    A cleaning robot beside a euro currency symbol in the atrium of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    UK interest rates
    BoE governor expects four UK rate cuts next year as inflation eases

    Andrew Bailey welcomes better than expected fall in price growth in FT interview

    Chris Giles interviews Andrew Bailey
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Europe lacks a monetary response to Trump Premium content

    Uncertain inflationary effects leave the ECB hoping for the best

    Montage of ECB president Christine Lagarde and a euro symbol
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Economic statistics
    The perils in the search for the perfect GDP alternative

    Statistical agencies trip up when they attempt to weigh the values of good and bad in society

    Commuters pass The Monument to the great fire of London
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast15 min listen
    How inflationary are tariffs, really?

    Taking stock of new tariffs on Canada and Mexico

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Financial markets do not trust the BoE to deliver low inflation Premium content

    They expect UK inflation to average around 3%, much higher than the US, Germany or France

    Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    US hits Gautam Adani with bribery charges

    Indian billionaire faces charges over years-long alleged bribery scheme

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Tariffs and taxes are not very inflationary Premium content

    Households will pay, but probably not through much higher prices

    A montage of the images of Donald Trump, the Federal Reserve building and a chart
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    UK tax
    Rachel Reeves might come to rue her ‘read my lips’ moment

    The UK chancellor could yet find herself forced to raise taxes again

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves poses with the red box outside Number 11 Downing Street
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    How will the Fed handle Trump? Premium content

    Federal Reserve chair cannot easily prepare for president-elect’s second term but might benefit from being less aggressive

    Fed chair Jay Powell speaks during a news conference
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Markets InsightUS presidential election 2024
    Trump’s victory sets up traps for central banks

    The incoming president is likely to attack the Fed if it seeks to counteract his policies or if inflation takes off again

    A trader wearing a red Trump hat, gestures animatedly while working at a computer
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Can economics model Trump? Premium content

    Economists are trying to calibrate a Republican victory and finding it extremely difficult

    Donald Trump sits inside a garbage truck, wearing a high-vis vest, on tarmac at an airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, US
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    The Budget should not be a big deal for interest rates

    Bank of England has already had plenty of time to react to the chancellor’s thinking

    Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her Autumn Budget
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The elusive pivot from monetary to fiscal tightening Premium content

    IMF wants lower interest rates and government deficits. That looks unlikely

    US Fed chair Jay Powell and UK chancellor Rachel Reeves chat before the start of an IMF meeting in Washington, DC
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    How squeezing the rich through tax may backfire

    If Britain is to have a more European welfare state, it needs a more European tax system

    Street scene as shoppers and visitors pass by on Bond Street in the exclusive area of Mayfair
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Liz Truss’s mini-Budget: lessons from a moronic episode Premium content

    Central banks should not deny they will act in a crisis and Labour’s Budget is not another Truss moment

    Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng in the House of Commons in 2022
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    A ‘full fat’ Budget is impossible — what are the trade-offs?

    Traditional Labour measures on tax and borrowing will need to be balanced with thinner fare to keep to fiscal constraints

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of the Budget red box surrounded by glass bottles of mil, some full, some half empty and some spilt.
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    American interest rates need to rise Premium content

    Lessons for the US from the Brazilian canary in the coal mine

    Shoppers at a grocery store in Rio de Janeiro
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    UK employment
    Lessons in law and economics from the Next pay gap case

    Companies need to be careful, but the judgment ultimately preserves market forces

    A Next clothing store within a shopping mall
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    US consumers leave Europeans in their wake Premium content

    What lies behind the remarkable post-pandemic US consumption recovery?

    Shoppers carry bags from Selfridges department store and Louis Vuitton in central London
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central BanksFederal Reserve
    A crisis of confidence at the Fed Premium content

    Its self doubt comes in a decisive week for central banks

    Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell
  • Sunday, 15 September, 2024
    Bank of Canada
    Bank of Canada governor raises prospect of big rate cuts

    Tiff Macklem signals central bank will step up pace of reductions should economic conditions worsen

    Tiff Macklem speaks at an event in London
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    UK tax
    Reeves should tackle excessively generous pensions taxation

    The chancellor must be careful not to increase the damaging incentives in the tax system as she seeks sources of revenue

    Senior citizens wrap up warm to do shopping in Northwich
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The Trumponomics problem for the Fed Premium content

    Tariffs, deportation and fiscal incontinence would challenge the central bank, while its independence could be under threat

    A lawn sign in opposition to former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Beverly Hills, Michigan
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