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Chris Giles

Economics editor

Chris Giles became economics editor for the Financial Times in October 2004, having previously served as a leader writer. His reporting beat covers global and UK economic affairs and he writes a UK economics column fortnightly.

Before joining the FT as economics editor, he was an economics reporter for the BBC, worked for Ofcom, the telecommunications regulator and started his career with seven years as an economist for the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Chris loves numbers.

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  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Bank of England
    BoE faces tension over stimulus options if recovery disappoints

    Monetary policy committee members at odds over opting for negative interest rates or more QE for UK

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Covid vaccines cut UK deaths but lockdown still key in reducing infections

    Data suggest Boris Johnson will need to strike a balance when announcing a road map out of restrictions

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    UK public finances
    Rishi Sunak gives fresh signal on tax rises to tackle deficit

    UK public borrowing set to exceed £350bn in 2020-21, which would be a peacetime record

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Coronavirus control and big spending prove a magic economic mix

    But the economic winners and losers of 2020 may not be the same in 2021

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    The Big Read
    Joe Biden’s huge bet: the economic consequences of ‘acting big’

    For four decades, governments have feared inflation and 1970s-style stagnation. The new administration is hoping they were wrong

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    Sunak under growing pressure to avoid tax rises

    Conservative MPs want chancellor to take advantage of cheap borrowing

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Global Economy
    Yellen signals US return to multilateralism in first G7 meeting

    Treasury secretary urges continued support for global economy: ‘the time to go big is now’

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    News in-depthFinancial services
    Bailey’s tough talk on EU raises City worries over post-Brexit access

    Hopes of a breakthrough on equivalence for Britain’s financial services sector look remote as UK and Brussels stand firm

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Global Economy
    GDP may be imperfect but don’t write it off yet

    While there are reasons to criticise the economic measure, there’s no better way to gauge societal progress

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    UK interest rates
    BoE expects vaccine-fuelled economic recovery in second half of 2021

    Monetary Policy Committee leaves door open for negative interest rates if upswing disappoints

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    News in-depthGlobal Economy
    Five politicians and financiers jostle for position in OECD race

    Choice of leader will decide whether rich nations’ club continues to shape global agenda

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    Sunak agrees to tie own hands and stick with Tory ‘triple tax lock’

    Chancellor will not raise rates of income tax, national insurance or value added tax

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    News in-depthUK economic growth
    BoE set to hold back on further economic stimulus

    Central bank seen as unlikely to add to QE programme or embark on negative interest rates

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Lift lockdown once most vulnerable are vaccinated, urges senior Tory

    Call from CRG head comes as Covid case numbers fall by 29% in UK over past week

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Global Economy
    Rethink public finance rules and live with much higher debt, IMF says

    Pandemic’s fiscal legacy can be borne thanks to lower interest rates, according to fund

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Boris Johnson ‘deeply sorry’ as UK’s Covid death toll passes 100,000

    Prime minister says he accepts responsibility amid questions over government handling of crisis

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    IMF expects US and China to recover most strongly from virus economic hit

    Fund predicts that Europe and emerging markets will be lagging behind in 2022

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    The Big Read
    ‘A massive second-half recovery’: Biden, China and the global economy

    Surging optimism about a boom in 2021 depends on heavy public spending and a rapid rollout of new Covid vaccines

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact
    Sunak tells Tory MPs there is no ‘magic money tree’

    UK chancellor ready to raise taxes in his March Budget to start closing the huge deficit

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Mystery of the UK’s vanishing foreign-born workers

    Official statistics fail to capture the departure of eastern Europeans

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    News in-depthGlobal Economy
    Global policymakers look for Biden reset on trade, tax and climate

    Deals from WTO leadership to aid for emerging economies await end of Trump limbo

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Care homes confident of avoiding repeat of UK’s first Covid wave

    Even with rising infections, providers say better controls and vaccine rollout are preventing mass outbreak

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK excess deaths since start of pandemic surpass 100,000, data suggest

    FT model builds on official statistics to reveal jump in mortality rates since mid-March

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    UK Budget
    Rishi Sunak risks clash with business over proposed corporation tax rise

    UK chancellor believes it fair to ask for more after taxpayer support during pandemic

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    UK vaccination rollout a rare pandemic success

    Ministers hope end of crisis is in sight, with almost 6 per cent of population inoculated

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