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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)
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Inside Politics
    Think you can define Britain’s ‘wealthy’? Think again

    Deciding who is well-off is no simple task — and calculating how to redistribute should be left to elected politicians

    An electricity smart meter
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Tariffs are the mother of all cost shocks Premium content

    The Fed needs to consider how levies raise prices and what it should do about it

    US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office desk with Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick in the background
  • Saturday, 12 April, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast18 min listen
    Swamp Notes: The Federal Reserve’s tariff dilemma

    How will the Federal Reserve handle the economic uncertainty brought about by Trump’s tariffs?

  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    UK public policy
    Britain’s fiscal framework is not fit for purpose

    There is nothing accountable or legitimate about unelected officials setting taxation and spending policy

    An imposing UK government building featuring classical pillars in the facade
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The unmistakable whiff of stagflation on the eve of tariff day Premium content

    While US economic pain is mostly visible in soft data, that is still a problem for the Federal Reserve

    A billboard displays a message reading ‘tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill’ in Miramar, Florida
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Political Fix podcast38 min listen
    Doom, gloom and not much headroom: Spring Statement

    Chancellor faces deepening welfare cuts row and prospect of fresh tax rises

  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    ExplainerFT Film30 min
    Why governments are 'addicted' to debt | FT Film

    With developed economies around the world loaded up with debt, at what point does the bond market break?

    The global debt addiction
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    UK public finances
    From miserable to mediocre: the Reeves challenge continues

    History suggests the OBR may, once again, have been persuaded to be too optimistic at a time of global turmoil

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a woman climbing an endless flight of steps; darkness looms below.
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Everyone misunderstands Jay Powell Premium content

    That is a problem for the Fed; plus a homily on the meaning of dovishness

    Montage including photo of Fed chair Jay Powell
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    UK races to avoid Trump tariffs

    US wants Britain to drop its digital services tax, which affects big American companies

  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    UK Spring Statement 2025
    What will be in Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement?

    The chancellor’s ship is set to stay afloat despite choppy waters next week, but bigger threats lurk beyond

    A woman climbs a maze of pipes
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The Eurozone’s moment of truth Premium content

    Its strengths and weaknesses are well known, but the Trump administration is creating new opportunities and threats

    Ukraine servicemen fire a Leopard 1A5 tank during training in the country’s Zaporizhzhia region
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Ten things you should know about Trump’s tariffs but were afraid to ask

    No, Mr President, they are not going to make America rich, great or popular

    US President Donald Trump leaves after addressing a joint session of Congress
  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast21 min listen
    Can the Fed stay independent?

    Trump may have opened a path to control over the US central bank

  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The nasty consequences of natural gas price volatility Premium content

    European wholesale prices have doubled in the past year, complicating the inflation outlook

    A liquefied natural gas tanker sits moored at the LNG terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Tuesday, 25 February, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    How to kill the Fed’s independence Premium content

    If Trump wanted to take control, its constitutional protections are far from secure

    A montage including photos of Donald Trump and Jay Powell
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    UK economy
    Britain’s productivity puzzle is turning into a crisis

    If the data can be believed, the UK economy is losing its economic dynamism

    An Airbus employee near Broughton in north-east Wales
  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Is the US suffering from seasonal inflation disorder? Premium content

    January’s bad data needs further scrutiny; plus, Bessent’s bet bombs

    County school buses stand empty in a snow-covered parking lot in Centreville, Maryland, US
  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    How low can European rates go? Premium content

    Central banks have been defining neutral interest rates as Bessent makes a brave bet

    Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde
  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2025
    UK economy
    UK inflation threat receding, says BoE rate-setter who voted for big cut

    MPC’s Catherine Mann says ‘demand conditions’ in economy are ‘quite a bit weaker’

    Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Catherine Mann
  • Thursday, 6 February, 2025
    Global Economy
    Trump amplifies the transatlantic economic divergence

    Emerging policy differences will force looser monetary policy in Europe than in the US

    Car dealer in used cars in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens in New York
  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Trump’s big tariffs and small ambitions Premium content

    Putting some numbers on the US president’s trade war threat

    The flags of Mexico, the US and Canada
  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The impotence of Trump’s words Premium content

    They don’t make much sense and don’t seem to matter much anyway

    Montage including photo of Donald Trump
  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    UK economy
    On fiscal policy Rachel Reeves must show, not tell

    The chancellor needs to act upon her tough rhetoric if she is to assuage bond markets

    Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    People are getting Trump and inflation wrong Premium content

    Sloppy and wishful thinking has taken over the US

    Donald Trump takes the oath of office
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