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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 X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Tuesday, 4 November, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The mounting challenges to Fed independence

    Economists disagree, financial markets do not care, the public are fickle and the Supreme Court is not to be trusted

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  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    Inside Politics
    Would Farage in power threaten BoE’s independence?

    Reform UK in government could transform central bank constitutionally

    Nigel Farage and Richard Tice speak to the media outside the Bank of England, with Farage gesturing in the foreground.
  • Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
    UK government spending
    The bridge that bursts Britain’s public spending myths

    Investment is a long game that does not transform the immediate growth outlook, and cuts are difficult

  • Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
    News in-depthFederal Reserve
    Bessent’s top five picks to replace Powell

    Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has a shortlist of five candidates vying to replace Jay Powell

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  • Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central BanksCentral banks
    The waning influence of the Fed

    It is a good thing that markets no longer hang on the US central bank’s every word

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    Fed chair Jay Powell walks away from a podium holding documents, with US flags and blue curtains in the background.
  • Monday, 27 October, 2025
    Monetary Policy Radar
    Bank of Japan to delay October rate rise

    Read the central bank’s October forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

    Montage of bank building and a chart
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Monetary Policy Radar
    European Central Bank on hold as it remains ‘in a good place’

    Read the central bank’s October forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

    Montage of euro notes and Christine Lagarde
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Monetary Policy Radar
    Options open up for the Bank of England after more encouraging data

    Read the October forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

  • Wednesday, 22 October, 2025
    ReviewEconomics books
    Prosperity Through Growth — a not so cunning plan to put Britain back on track

    A would-be blueprint for Conservative boosterism is a curious collection of old economic ideas

    Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak raise pint glasses of beer behind the bar at Fourpure Brewery, both wearing suits and smiling.
  • Wednesday, 22 October, 2025
    Monetary Policy Radar
    Federal Reserve to keep cutting but pace depends on labour market weakness

    Read the October forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

    Montage of Jay Powell, the Federal Reserve building and part of a US dollar bill
  • Tuesday, 21 October, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The global fight over financial stability

    No one seems to agree about the risks the system is running

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    Montage of Jay Powell, Christine Lagarde and Andrew Bailey
  • Friday, 17 October, 2025
    Political Fix podcast33 min listen
    Britain: a beacon of economic stability?

    Plus: Kemi Badenoch sends us a letter

  • Thursday, 16 October, 2025
    Q&AAsk an Expert
    What does tighter public spending mean for me? You asked, Chris Giles answered

    The FT’s economics commentator replied to reader questions in a live Q&A

  • Wednesday, 15 October, 2025
    UK government spending
    No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

    It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

    Two men walk up a ramp toward the entrance of a Jobcentre Plus in London.
  • Tuesday, 14 October, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast21 min listen
    UK Budget blues

    How will the UK balance spending and taxes?

  • Tuesday, 14 October, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The paradox of the resilient, fragile global economy

    A new IMF report exaggerates the gloomy economic backdrop, but there are valid reasons for policymakers to be glum

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  • Monday, 13 October, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast25 min listen
    What’s up with the US economy? With Austan Goolsbee

    The Chicago Fed president on key economic data and the future of the central bank’s independence

  • Tuesday, 7 October, 2025
    Global inflation
    Why everyone is talking about food inflation

    Its predictive power on year-ahead core price pressures is worrying central bankers

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  • Thursday, 2 October, 2025
    UK property taxation
    Think twice before rushing to fix the UK’s broken property taxes

    It took us a generation to get into the present council tax mess and would take another to emerge with minimal scars

    A ‘For Sale’ sign for Knight Frank stands in front of a white building with blooming trees
  • Tuesday, 30 September, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    New thinking frameworks at the Fed

    Fed governor Stephen Miran, new research and updated models are challenging US monetary stances

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    Stephen Miran speaks while seated, gesturing with his hand during an Economic Club of New York luncheon
  • Friday, 26 September, 2025
    Monetary Policy Radar
    Delayed UK disinflation to slow rate cuts at the Bank of England

    Read the September forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

    Montage featuring the Bank of England building, sterling banknotes and a graph
  • Thursday, 25 September, 2025
    Monetary Policy Radar
    Bank of Japan to raise rates once more in 2025

    Read the central bank’s September forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

    Montage of bank building and a chart
  • Wednesday, 24 September, 2025
    Federal Reserve
    Transcript of an interview with Austan Goolsbee

    Edited transcript from an interview with the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

    Austan Goolsbee gestures with both hands while speaking during an outdoor interview, with greenery and mountains in the background.
  • Wednesday, 24 September, 2025
    Federal Reserve
    Top Federal Reserve official warns against quick series of rate cuts

    Austan Goolsbee says weakening in jobs market does not signal looming recession

    Austan Goolsbee speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview outdoors with mountains and greenery in the background.
  • Wednesday, 24 September, 2025
    Monetary Policy Radar
    European Central Bank to remain on hold in the absence of further shocks

    Read the central bank’s September forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

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