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John Plender has been a senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times since 1981, an assignment he combined until recently with current affairs broadcasting for the BBC and Channel Four. He has a weekly column on economics and business on Mondays and also writes for the opinion pages.

John Plender was the winner of the Wincott Foundation senior prize for excellence in financial journalism in 1994.

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    Pair highlight choice between screening out and engaging with troublesome companies

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
    Markets InsightGlobal Economy
    Emerging markets are victims of a new world order

    Donald Trump has destroyed much of the institutional underpinning of globalisation

  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2019
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    EU’s bond markets underprice the risk of populism

    Politicians in northern Europe need to get to grips with a flawed monetary union

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    Markets InsightUS Dollar
    America’s dollar privilege is not exactly exorbitant

    Generous yields on US Treasuries undermine critics of greenback’s reserve currency role

  • Thursday, 18 April, 2019
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    After 50 years of fiat money, the white metal may once again claim its place as a haven

  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2019
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    Negative bond yields revive fears of secular stagnation

    Post-crisis lesson is that only fiscal stimulus can provide an effective remedy

  • Wednesday, 20 March, 2019
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    We ignore the index providers’ power at our peril

    Their growing muscle, and the fact it is unregulated, is increasingly a worry

  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
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    Why ‘Japanification’ looms for the sluggish eurozone

    Low growth and inflation and ample central bank liquidity recall post-bubble Japan

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    Corporate governance
    Shareholders are being dethroned as rulers of value

    More investors emphasise social and governance factors in corporate performance

  • Wednesday, 12 December, 2018
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    Markets act as mechanisms to help allay tension between countries and central banks

  • Monday, 19 November, 2018
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    Big question around instability hypothesis turns on behaviour of central banks

  • Thursday, 8 November, 2018
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    China’s IPO dominance highlighted by small listings

    Vast divide between listings of growth-oriented groups raising equity of less than $50m

  • Tuesday, 23 October, 2018
    Markets InsightPassive Investing
    Passive fund managers can shape the corporate landscape

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  • Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
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    Twin deficits are conducive to dollar strength

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    Investors right to worry about growth threats

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