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Matthew C Klein

Former Alphaville columnist

  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Markets InsightUS inflation
    Traders are not pricing in a policy of benign neglect on US inflation

    Persistent wage growth could keep interest rates higher for longer

    Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at a news conference
  • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
    Markets InsightChinese economy
    Beijing is tanking the domestic economy — and helping the world

    Lower demand from China for imported goods is easing inflationary pressure elsewhere

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    Markets InsightUS GDP
    Are the US GDP data missing a capital spending boom?

    There is a disconnect between the size of the trade deficit and the apparent weakness of corporate investment

    Construction workers outside the Tesla factory in Austin, Texas
  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    Environment
    Arctic air mass settles over US north-east, causing chaos and cutting power

    Freezing temperatures and storms bring disruption, but extent of snow cover is lower than normal in parts

    Visitors view the White House as snow falls during a winter storm in Washington
  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    Markets InsightGlobal Economy
    Janos Kornai’s warning for the post-pandemic world

    If one-time emergency measures become routine, that might create new problems

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Macroeconomics
    Live today: FT Alphaville featuring Matt Klein

    Join us at 4pm BST/ 11am EST for a chat with the former FT Alphaville macro wizard.

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Savings gluts and investment droughts Premium content

    How global macroeconomic asymmetries reflect homespun economic problems

  • Friday, 6 April, 2018
    FT AlphavilleLife & Arts
    Benn Steil explains the Marshall Plan
  • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
    FT AlphavilleEurozone economy
    What’s up with Portugal?
  • Monday, 2 April, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    No, America would not benefit from authoritarian central planning
    No, America would not benefit from authoritarian central planning
  • Thursday, 29 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    Marcel Fratzscher on the dark side of the German economy — now with transcript!!
  • Friday, 23 March, 2018
    On Wall StreetUS Treasury bonds
    Can Jay Powell pull off a soft landing for the economy?

    Inverted yield curve in the near future may not be a warning of recession

  • Friday, 23 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    Marcel Fratzscher explores the dark side of the German economy
  • Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal trade
    Fed macro live, 21st March, 2018
  • Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleCapital markets
    Something weird happened in overnight index swaps on February 5
  • Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleCurrencies
    Well that’s one reason to buy yen…
  • Tuesday, 20 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    How did Cypriots respond to the 2013 banking crisis?
  • Friday, 16 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal trade
    The world’s savers are doing something wrong
  • Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    The euro zone’s fiscal position makes no sense
  • Friday, 9 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    Stephanie Kelton explains how the government budget affects the economy and the mechanics of student debt forgiveness
  • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    The virtues and pitfalls of putting capital gains into the national accounts
  • Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    China’s household debt problem
  • Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
    FT AlphavilleState pension
    Someone is wrong on the internet, government employee pensions and passive investing edition
  • Friday, 23 February, 2018
    FT AlphavilleCurrencies
    Europeans should stop whining about their appreciating currency
    Europeans should stop whining about their appreciating currency
  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2018
    FT AlphavilleUS financial regulation
    Someone is wrong on the internet, consumer financial regulation edition
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