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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.

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  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    UK inflation
    Investors slash bets on UK rate rise after inflation falls to 6.7%

    Economists expected higher oil prices to push up inflation

    Someone holding a shopping basket
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Global economic growth
    Central banks must keep rates high until inflation is tamed, says OECD

    Organisation sees no case for monetary easing in rich nations despite economic strains and trading tensions

    Clare Lombardelli
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    UK politics
    Liz Truss makes defiant return to political fray

    UK’s shortest-serving PM unbowed in speech despite disastrous legacy and attacks from within own party

    Liz Truss arrives at the Institute for Government to make a speech on Monday
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
    BoE expected to raise interest rates to 5.5%

    Markets and economists anticipate the 15th increase in this cycle by the central bank to be the last

    People sitting outside the Bank of England in London, England
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    UK inflation
    Cutting UK inflation won’t ease Conservative plight

    Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt will soon learn painful lesson that haunts Joe Biden in US

    Rishi Sunak. Whether it is fair or not, today’s politicians will be blamed for destroying the long period of relative price stability
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    UK economy
    UK government weighs change to ‘triple lock’ to limit pension increase

    Ministers look at a rise in line with earnings excluding bonuses — below the headline 8.5% rate

    Rishi Sunak speaking in the House of Commons
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
    UK interest rates should rise further, says BoE official

    Catherine Mann warns leaving cost of borrowing unchanged risks ‘further inflation persistence’

    Catherine Mann
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    News in-depthUK inflation
    BoE braced for bump in the road in fight against inflation

    Latest official data is expected to show price growth picking up again in August

    A montage of images of a wine bottle, chart, fruits and petrol pump
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    UK government spending
    UK ministers explore cutting working-age benefits in real terms

    Senior Conservatives say move would create space for tax cuts ahead of election

    Shoppers carrying milk and groceries
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    UK politics
    UK Treasury braced for 8% rise in pensions because of triple lock

    Retirees’ incomes boosted by more than workers’ as state payment exceeds inflation

  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
    BoE’s Bailey casts doubt on need for further interest rate rises

    Pound falls to three-month low after central bank governor say UK economy is nearing top of cycle

    Andrew Bailey
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    FT SeriesThe Return of Big Government
    Big government is back. How will we pay for it?

    Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise

  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    UK schools
    UK’s school buildings failure goes back decades, data shows

    Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional bursts of spending

    A taped off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    Global inflation
    Europe grapples with higher inflation than the US

    After-effects of surge in European energy prices have kept inflation higher than in the US

  • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
    UK economy
    How the UK’s radical data revisions shattered its economic narrative

    Changes to Office for National Statistics output estimates leave economists rushing to revise views

  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    UK financial crisis
    Liz Truss mini-Budget fallout like swimming with crocodiles, says BoE’s top economist

    Huw Pill says dealing with market turmoil sparked by unfunded tax cuts was ‘not a comfortable experience’

    Kwasi Kwarteng unveiling an anti-inflation budget plan at the House of Common
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    UK economy
    UK economy bounced back from Covid, ONS revisions reveal

    Statistical agency’s revisions put Britain’s post-pandemic recovery in line with G7 peers

    A mural depicting a NHS nurse in Manchester’s Northern Quarter
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    UK interest rates
    UK interest rates may not rise further, says Bank of England’s top economist

    Huw Pill indicates he will vote to keep rates at 5.25% for longer, pushing back against market expectations

  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    Global economic growth
    The five global economic shifts happening now

    As uncertainty and inflation challenge central bankers and policymakers, they must also adapt to structural changes

    James Ferguson illustration of trucks driving on wavy lines on a chart, with a road sign reading 3% to indicate the speed limit of global economic growth
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    US inflation
    It’s far too early to declare the end of inflation

    Economists on either side of the Atlantic should not bet on a ‘soft landing’

    James Ferguson illustration of a satellite image of the US and Europe with percentage-shaped clouds over them
  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    UK inflation
    Core UK inflation has begun to fall in past 2 months, ONS research finds

    More sophisticated analysis than standard approach says underlying rate dropped to 6.8% in July

    A Pizza Express restaurant
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    News in-depthUK economy
    What can the UK do about its inflation problem?

    As rents, air fares and restaurant bills rise, economists question how much further the BoE might raise interest rates

    Two women under an umbrella with a graph line in the background
  • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    New pain for China’s property sector

    UK inflation slows to 6.8% in July as energy prices fall

  • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
    ExplainerChinese economy
    Will the rest of the world feel China’s deflation pain?

    Falling prices will lower cost of imports but are unlikely to have a dramatic impact elsewhere

    A worker is pictured in a textile factory in Haian city
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    UK inflation
    UK inflation slows to 6.8% in July as energy prices fall

    Lower gas and electricity bills bring rate down but underlying pressures fail to ease

    A shopper looks at items on a supermarket shelf next to a shopping trolley
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