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Claire Jones joined FT Alphaville in August 2019 to cover the global economy. That brought to a close a twelve-year stint writing about the world’s monetary guardians, most recently the European Central Bank for the Financial Times.

She is based in Frankfurt and writes about anything that lies at the intersection of economics, politics and markets, as well as how economics should be taught.

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