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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, 9 July, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    When inflation models go wrong Premium content

    Academic work on display at the ECB forum failed sniff and scale tests

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    A view of Sintra in Portugal
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    UK economy
    Labour should always choose growth over redistribution

    People are happier when they get a fair share of an expanding pie

    A sign painted on the side of a house directs people to a local food bank in Leeds
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Were central bankers lucky or smart in reducing inflation? Premium content

    The BIS says ‘smart’ but the evidence is patchy

    FT montage of central bank buildings
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Was QE worth it? Premium content

    Quantitative easing appears to have cost British taxpayers at least twice as much as equivalents in the US, Europe and other advanced economies

    ECB president Christine Lagarde, BoE governor Andrew Bailey and US Fed chair Jay Powell
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour can increase spending without raising tax

    It involves austerity, some quirks in UK fiscal rules and ensuring government action requires private investment

    A woman in a blue dress suit
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    How to understand central bank QE losses Premium content

    They are real, whether countries choose to pay upfront or brush them under a giant rug

    Montage of central bank buildings
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Unhedged podcast17 min listen
    Central bankers do nothing. Markets respond

    What can markets read into the Fed holding steady?

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The cutting cycle begins Premium content

    But slow and steady is the name of the game

    ECB president Christine Lagarde
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Bank of England
    An unnecessary banking subsidy whose time is up

    Labour can save public money and enhance central bank independence with some tweaks to the BoE remit

    Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Inflation ain’t behaving Premium content

    The US, Eurozone, UK and Japan each have reasons to be unhappy

    Montage of central bankers Christine Lagarde, Kazuo Ueda, Jay Powell and Andrew Bailey
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    News in-depthThe Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast26 min listen
    Are we getting inflation right? With Neel Kashkari

    Soumaya Keynes talks to the president of the Minneapolis Fed

  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The perils of data dependence Premium content

    How the ECB has coped better than the Fed and BoE in an uncertain world

    François Villeroy de Galhau
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Monetary policy
    The US and Europe should decouple on monetary policy

    Divergent economic positions mean assessment of policy risks needs to be radically different

    James Ferguson illustration of the percentage symbol blueprint
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Measurement matters Premium content

    Real rentals, fast food and awkward adjustments in an inflation index near you

    A customer shops for groceries at an M&S supermarket in London, UK
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Inflation’s rental risks Premium content

    The US and UK need to see a moderation in the price of home leases

    A ‘For Rent’ sign near a home in Houston, Texas, US
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    UK property
    The solution is simple: just build more homes

    Walking London’s Capital Ring tells you all you need to know about the housing crisis

    Construction cranes in east London.
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Economists Exchange
    Arthur Laffer: ‘I made a vow that I would never, ever work for a government again’

    The economist on the mis-steps of the Fed over interest rates and the markets

    Leonie Woods illustration of Chris Giles and Arthur Laffer for the Economist Exchange.
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    European interest rates are set to diverge from the US Premium content

    It may be a bumpy ride, although the latest evidence is encouraging

    The US national flag is side by side with the European Union flag
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Is the Fed’s next move a raise in rates?

    Four reasons to doubt a hike is coming, but US inflation has been misbehaving

    A job seeker fills at a recruitment event in New Brunswick, New Jersey, US
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Labour party UK
    An optimist’s guide to the next Labour government

    Political stability, catch-up growth and better luck would make 2024 a good election to win

    Kier Starmer and Rachel Reeves sitting at a table on train
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Where is the Fed’s interest rate heading? Premium content

    The search for the neutral rate is proving elusive

    Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey in discussion together
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Three errors in inflation control Premium content

    Inconsequential reforms suggested for the Bank of England, misjudged US inflation and markets, and extrapolating too much

    Former US Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke gestures as he speaks to reporters in London
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    Utilities
    The great stink of Thames Water

    Separating punishment for past sins from future investment should be the priority

    An aerial view of Thames Water’s Mogden sewage treatment plant in west London
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Central banks lower the bar for rate cuts Premium content

    That is, as long as the data does not deliver a nasty surprise

    Montage including photos of Jay Powell, Christine Lagarde and Andrew Bailey
  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2024
    Central banks
    In charts: the quarter when central banks wrong-footed the markets Premium content

    Sticky inflation has unnerved financial markets, but officials have stood their ground

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