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Claire Jones joined Trade Secrets in January 2021 and FT Alphaville in August 2019 to cover the global economy and trade. She is based in Frankfurt and writes about topics that lie at the intersection of economics, politics and markets.

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  • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    High demand is the oft-neglected aspect of supply-side shortages Premium content

    As we lament shipping delays and semiconductor scarcity, the mad dash for consumer durables is sometimes forgotten

  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    Global Economy
    Twitter spaces with Adam Tooze

    This Friday we’re hosting the most prolific man in economic history to chat about policymakers’ mammoth response to the pandemic and what comes next.

  • Monday, 13 September, 2021
    FT AlphavilleFT Alphaville
    Ant split says more about money than Ma

    What’s really at stake are the sociopolitical implications of who controls the digital monetary system.

  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    Stock-owning Fed presidents; crypto cruises; EV emissions; and more

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    FT AlphavilleTransport
    The sunk cost of shipping to the UK

    Another example of widening gaps between global trade’s haves and have-nots.

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    The other Afghan women; Kim Kardashian; profound transformations; and much more

  • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
    The City Reawakens: A House & Home special with FT Globetrotter
    Portrait of a park: the lush splendours of Frankfurt’s Palmengarten

    Glorious greenery is dotted with grand glasshouses and Art Deco architecture in this storied symbol of 19th-century civic-mindedness

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    Global Economy
    Here’s what globalisation has done to inflation

    We’re not sure we buy Powell’s argument that this trend survive the pandemic unscathed.

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    ExplainerFT Alphaville
    Who’s really feeling the shipping cost squeeze?

    The bulk of the burden is falling on smaller customers as shipping freight rates decommoditise.

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  • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
    US-China trade dispute
    Supply chains are a mess. So how come trade is booming?

    At first glance, the economic headlines make for some mixed messages

  • Friday, 13 August, 2021
    Currencies
    Happy 50th fiat!

    Governments ought to raise a glass to the paper stuff.

  • Friday, 13 August, 2021
    World
    Further reading

    American infrastructure; Ackman SPAC; microcovids; and much more

  • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
    FT AlphavilleUS Inflation
    At what point does inflation really start to matter?

    It’s the most important question in macro right now. But there’s no clear answer.

  • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
    Transport
    There’s yet another surge in shipping costs

    All is not well in the market for ocean freight. Again

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    Markets InsightCapital markets
    The risks of China’s African lending

    A combination of opacity and the strings attached could leave debtors in a bind when it comes to accessing more credit

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    Wages; drone whistleblowers; binance; and much more

  • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
    FT AlphavilleShipping
    Shipping costs are still surging at breakneck speed

    Inflation in carrying cargoes across the world’s oceans now looks much stickier than many hoped.

  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    Drone off; Dell’s deal; labour shortages; and much more.

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Chinese trade
    The terms of China’s massive loan spree

    Research looks at how the world’s largest sovereign creditor lends.

  • Monday, 2 August, 2021
    FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
    Who‘s afraid of the bad Big Tech?

    Central banks, that‘s who. Now the BIS suggests watching them like big banks.

  • Monday, 2 August, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Further reading

    Ghost ships; culture wars; Star Wars; and much more

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    FT AlphavilleLibor transition
    Term’s time has come

    The cash markets are finally about to get what they’ve long been asking for — an officially endorsed dollar term rate to replace Libor

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    World
    Further reading

    Valance; Powell; AstraZeneca; and much more

  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    FT AlphavilleBank of England
    Man who started QE now member of committee that slams QE

    The House of Lords committee on which Lord Mervyn King sits has laid into the policy he initiated.

  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    Emerging markets
    Further reading

    Covid origins; Zuckerberg’s speeches; Lumber felled; and much more

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