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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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  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    AnalysisUK general election
    Labour seeks huge jump in borrowing, tax and spending

    Experts say Corbyn could struggle to deliver his plan, and query costings

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  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Global Economy
    OECD urges governments to take ‘urgent’ stimulus action

    Call for ‘bold public investment’ as weak economic growth set to persist

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    UK business & economy
    Taxes cannot be something that other people pay

    Britain needs to recognise that public services will not improve without more government revenue

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    AnalysisUK general election
    Liberal Democrats aim to tax and spend in a big way

    Centrist party wants to focus on education and welfare and says staying in EU will help

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    AnalysisGlobal economic growth
    Is the global economy about to rebound?

    Evidence suggests the downturn is ending but recovery is expected to be weak 

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    International tax
    Global digital tax would flop, French council warns

    Study shows France, China and US would raise barely any extra tax under OECD proposal

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    UK general election
    Johnson shelves Tory plan to cut corporation tax

    PM says move will free £6bn a year for NHS and other priorities

  • Sunday, 17 November, 2019
    UK general election
    Johnson will struggle to pledge big tax cuts, say experts

    Prime minister risks breaching his new budgetary rules with large election giveaways

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    AnalysisAnalysis2 min
    Will Jeremy Corbyn's spending plans bankrupt Britain?

    FT's Chris Giles says the bond market will finance Labour’s plans - even if some investors doubt the proposals will work

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  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    AnalysisUK general election
    Will Corbyn’s spending plans trigger a crisis?

    Investors say Labour proposals can be financed but some economists fear money will be wasted

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Special ReportInternational Governance
    Political discord threatens economic co-operation

    Trade disputes and rock-bottom interest rates pose a severe challenge to the IMF

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    UK economic growth
    UK growth peters out to slowest in almost a decade

    Chronic uncertainty has resulted in weak productivity and low investment

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    UK general election
    Tory tax cut hopes run up against party budget rules

    IFS says election spending pledges will leave next to no surplus

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    Corporation tax
    OECD proposes global minimum corporate tax rate

    Plans would create safety net for countries to ensure no company escapes levy

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    UK general election
    Javid tears up borrowing rules but blocks tax cuts

    Chancellor uses election speech to propose higher spending on infrastructure

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    ExplainerUK general election
    Fiscal rules shredded as UK parties binge on borrowing

    Labour is proposing much more radical rules than Conservatives

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    UK public finances
    Sajid Javid and the Budget that never was

    Revised forecasts mean the chancellor would have had to ditch his fiscal rules

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Gilts
    Pimco cools on UK government debt as election nears

    Spending pledges by all major parties fan concerns on bond prices

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Labour Party UK
    Labour pledges to take borrowing to £400bn

    McDonnell sets out public sector investment boost as election campaign kicks off

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
    Expect the taxman to take your money in real time

    Wages are stagnant, but individual tax accounts could revolutionise collection and reduce evasion

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    AnalysisUK general election
    Parties shift from prudence to profligacy

    Deficit rules at risk as Tories, Labour and Lib Dems prepare for election spending war

  • Sunday, 3 November, 2019
    UK business & economy
    Economists among ‘least trusted professionals’ in UK

    Leave voters increasingly distrust economists to provide honest answers, survey reveals

  • Sunday, 3 November, 2019
    The Week Ahead5 min
    Spain election, UK rate decision, half-year results from Toyota

    Josh de la Mare on some of the top stories the FT will be watching this week

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    Climate change
    Labour eyes penalties for financers of climate change

    Shadow chancellor wants to ‘go after’ financial institutions that fund polluters

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    Bank of England
    Race to head Bank of England still open

    Mark Carney’s replacement to be decided by prime minister and chancellor after election

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