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Jan 10, 2013
Jan 9, 2013
Welfare cuts may bite the UK government
When incomes rise and the Treasury refuses to raise social security, everyone will complain
Jan 8, 2013
Central banks face zombie nightmare
Authorities struggle to calibrate right level of corporate liquidation
©James Ferguson
Dec 26, 2012
Britain needs to adopt a more German face
As a model of coping with sudden slowing, Berlin has achieved a better result than Tokyo
Dec 12, 2012
Osborne should heed Carney’s message
The new BoE governor will bring change, but not all of it welcome
- Paul Marshall Seeing beyond inflation
- Treasury open to Carney radicalism
Nov 28, 2012
Time for the chancellor to be honest
The autumn statement must be truthful about the UK’s economic struggle ahead
- Adam Posen Britain will welcome Carney
- Jim Stanford Learn from Canada and Carney
Nov 14, 2012
Policy ploys risk UK economic credibility
The price that will have to be paid for this aberration will be high
- Samuel Brittan Britain’s policy echoes Habsburg decline
- Chris Giles Statisticians stall on doing key sums
Oct 31, 2012
MPC move not to act has consequences
If ‘nothing should be done’ is Labour’s nightmare, nothing can be done’ is George Osborne’s
©Alamy
From
ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2012
UK economy: Stuck in low gear
Britain’s pound has not allowed it to escape the doldrums in which the eurozone is caught
- Peter Mandelson Referendum inevitable?
- Labour party calls for EU budget cut
Oct 17, 2012
How much has austerity really cost?
The contribution of severe deficit reduction is worthy of debate
Oct 3, 2012
Small and expensive is homeowners’ future
Proposed housing initiatives designed to ‘kick-start’ the UK economy would fail
Sep 19, 2012
The real lesson from Japan’s lost decade
The UK Treasury should set the Bank of England a nominal GDP target
From
WORLD
Sep 18, 2012
RPI: Inflating the cost of living
Chris Giles, economics editor, on the problems with retail price index
Sep 5, 2012
Act on the real causes of UK woes, Mr Osborne
The chancellor will find it difficult to dismiss the opinions of the fiscal watchdog that he created
Aug 8, 2012
Britain must fix its broken method of measuring inflation
The inflation measure anomaly goes back decades and has cost taxpayers billions
Jul 25, 2012
Whys, damn whys and statistics
The eurozone might be flirting with destruction but it has recorded better growth than the UK
Jul 11, 2012
The irony of the BoE’s role in Libor mess
At the time, western economies were close to collapse
Jun 27, 2012
The good, the bad and the ugly of Cameron’s welfare plan
Suggesting it is possible to cut the parts of the social security budget devoted to the feckless is a deception, writes Chris Giles
Jun 13, 2012
Ditch this daft concept
The output gap is useless and cannot be measured, writes Chris Giles
ABOUT CHRIS
Chris Giles is the Economics Editor of the Financial Times. Before that he was a leader writer.
He reports on international and UK economics and writes a fortnightly column on the UK economy.
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Sir Mervyn takes a walk on the supply side
The change suggests the pain endured thus far has been to little avail