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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)
  • 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
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast33 min listen
    Do price controls really help with inflation? With Isabella Weber

    Recent inflation has led some economists to discuss price controls and supply management

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Why Kamala Harris’s price proposals could be damaging for the US economy Premium content

    Presidential candidate’s economic plan is good politics but its impact is likely to be underwhelming

    A close-up image of a pair of trainers with the words “Harris for president” on them
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Bank of England
    Forget the Budget — there’s a more important economic date coming up

    An MPC meeting next month looks set to shape interest rates, normalise risk taking and kill a silly fiscal rule

    The Bank of England
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast18 min listen
    What will Jay Powell say at Jackson Hole?

    Central bankers are meeting in the mountains this week. Markets will be listening closely to the chair of the Federal Reserve.

  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The legacy of a thin market crash Premium content

    Ahead of Jackson Hole, August’s financial turmoil and feverish response now look a little silly

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    US economy
    The US economy is set for volatility, whoever wins the White House

    Financial markets are right to be jumpy ahead of November’s election

    Illustration of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump together holding a large, lit match next to a cannon that is dressed in the stars and stripes of the US flag
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Decoding Harris and Trump on inflation Premium content

    The question is whether we judge their words seriously or literally

    Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    For Kamala Harris, it mustn’t be ‘the economy, stupid’

    The Democratic candidate is well advised not to campaign on the Biden administration’s economic record

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Seven lessons from three central bank meetings Premium content

    The BoJ raised rates, the Fed was on hold and the BoE cut and then it all went wrong

  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast32 min listen
    Rethinking income inequality, with Chris Giles

    New research questions the rate of income inequality in the US

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UK government spending
    Reeves has more legacy junk to ditch as the Treasury sorts out its finances

    The difficult reality is a recognition that we will have to spend more and get less than promised from public services

    A woman in a suit stands to deliver a speech in the UK parliament hall
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Learning to trust the forecasts Premium content

    Central bank inflation forecasts have become much more accurate, so why are they still in the doghouse?

    A montage of a card payment machine and a chart
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Economy
    Universal basic income: the bad idea that never quite dies

    The tax rises needed to fund such schemes put them out of reach — maybe a new study will convince the doubters

    People wait in line as free food is distributed to residents in need at a weekly food bank at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    How will the Fed and ECB change their monetary strategies? Premium content

    The fate of FAIT and a fait accompli

    A photo showing US dollar bills in a pile
  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Joe Biden drops out of US presidential race

    The president announced his decision on Sunday, throwing the White House race into turmoil

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    UK public finances
    Labour’s moment to blame, borrow and tax

    The coming fiscal statement will set an economic baseline for the new government

    Close up of a smiling Rachel Reeves in front of UK flag
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    ’Tis the season to be happy (about US inflation) Premium content

    Latest figures put Fed on a glide path towards monetary easing

    Fed chair Jay Powell
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast23 min listen
    What elections in France and the UK mean for markets

    Investors watch as politics moves left in two countries

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