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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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    Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says OBR would be given independent powers to produce forecasts

    Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
    How long will the Bank of England keep interest rates high?

    Markets are betting on looser monetary policy late next year, but some economists say it could happen sooner

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  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
    Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25%

    Pound falls to six-month low after decision signals possible peak in borrowing costs

    The Bank of England in London, England
  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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’

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  • 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

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  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    UK government spending
    UK ministers explore cutting working-age benefits in real terms

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

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  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    UK interest rates
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    Pound falls to three-month low after central bank governor say UK economy is nearing top of cycle

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  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
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  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
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    Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional bursts of spending

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

  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
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    Huw Pill says dealing with market turmoil sparked by unfunded tax cuts was ‘not a comfortable experience’

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  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    UK economy
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    Statistical agency’s revisions put Britain’s post-pandemic recovery in line with G7 peers

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

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  • 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

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