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Nicholas Megaw

US capital markets correspondent

Nicholas Megaw is a capital markets correspondent in New York, where he leads coverage of the US stock and derivatives markets. He was previously retail banking correspondent and a breaking news reporter based in London.

Nicholas joined the FT in 2015 from the BBC. He graduated from Oxford University and was a Harlech Scholar at Harvard University.

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  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
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    Funds lightened exposure to chipmaker before bullish AI sales forecast made it a $1tn company

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
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    US economy defies expectations of slowdown to add 339,000 jobs in May

    Unemployment rate climbs to 3.7% while wage growth cools

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
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  • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
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  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
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  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
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    Purchases by the world’s biggest 1,200 companies triple in a decade to rival dividends in scale

  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
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    Quant funds have been piling into US equities in response to falling volatility

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
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    Uncertainty over the debt ceiling continues to cast a shadow over markets

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    US inflation
    US inflation eases to 4.9% in April as Fed tightening takes effect

    Investor confidence grows that interest rate increases are bringing prices under control

  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
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  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
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  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
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  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
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    Treasury bond yields slip as central bank raises benchmark rate by a quarter point

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  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
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  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
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    New Wall Street ‘fear gauge’ to track short-term market swings

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