Fed decision – what we got
Krishna Guha of the Financial Times says the key points to the FOMC’s statement that were no change to the extended period language, the completion of the asset purchase programme and no prospect of early rate hikes Read more
What to expect from the Fed meeting
Krishna Guha of the Financial Times predicts the FOMC will stick to its current $1,450bn MBS and agency debt buying programme but stretch out the timeline past year end Read more
The Bank’s QE contradictions
Chris Giles of the Financial Times asks, if the Bank of England’s policies are so successful, why does it say the recovery be slow and why might there be a need to shovel even more newly created money out of the Bank’s door into the economy? Read more
China cuts plans to cut back on emissions, a bigger role for central banks in deflating asset bubbles is discussed and hedge funds emerge victorious over banks, says Vanessa Houlder of the Financial Times Read more
Two BoE titbits…
If the Bank of England decides to reduce the rate of interest it pays on reserves deposited by commercial banks, it’s not yet clear whether the MPC or executive will make the call. Chris Giles of the Financial Times has learnt that the Bank is still asking the question itself. Read more
Memory lane
An ECB study suggests young people need to be educated about inflation, writes Ralph Atkins of the Financial Times Read more
Spot the difference
The G20 wants to make a splash with a new framework for jobs and balanced world growth. This is a fine ambition, writes Chris Giles of the Financial Times, but haven’t we haven’t we been here before, he asks. IMF documents show the ambitions and process already exists. Read more
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Chris Giles has been the economics editor of the Financial Times since 2004. Based in London, he writes about international economic trends and the British economy. Before reporting economics for the Financial Times, he wrote editorials for the paper, reported for the BBC, worked as a regulator of the broadcasting industry and undertook research for the Institute for Fiscal Studies. RSS
Michael Steen, Frankfurt bureau chief, covers the ECB and the eurozone's economies. He joined the Financial Times in 2007 as Amsterdam correspondent and later worked as a front page news editor in London. Before joining the FT, he spent nine years as a correspondent at Reuters, mostly in foreign postings that included a previous stint in Frankfurt, as well as Moscow, Kiev and central Asia. He read German and Russian at Cambridge.RSS
Robin Harding is the FT's US economics editor, based in Washington. Prior to this, he was based in Tokyo, covering the Bank of Japan and Japan's technology sector, and in London as an economics leader writer. Robin studied economics at Cambridge and has a masters in economics from Hitotsubashi University, where he was a Monbusho scholar. Before joining the FT, Robin worked in asset management and banking. RSS
Ralph Atkins, capital markets editor, has been writing for the Financial Times for more than 20 years following an economics degree from Cambridge. From 2004 to 2012, Ralph was Frankfurt bureau chief, watching the European Central Bank and eurozone economies. He has also worked in Bonn, Berlin, Jerusalem and Brussels. RSS
Claire Jones is Money Supply economics team writer, based in London. Before joining the Financial Times, she was the editor of the Central Banking journal and CentralBanking.com. Claire studied philosophy and economics at the London School of Economics. RSS
