Tag Archives: FT

Oil and the Markets – FT

Posted on June 24, 2014 by macromon

Michael Mackenzie, the FT’s US markets editor, discusses with FT writer Gregory Meyer how sectarian violence in Iraq coupled with high oil consumption in the US may affect the markets. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video … Continue reading →

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China’s monetary policy – FT

Posted on June 11, 2014 by macromon

Easy monetary policy would support growth, but many of the problems in the Chinese economy are the result of too much credit. The FT’s Jamil Anderlini looks at what the People’s Bank of China is doing to keep the economy … Continue reading →

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Martin Wolf on Mexico – FT

Posted on June 4, 2014 by macromon

President Enrique Peña Nieto’s reformist makeover of Mexico has wowed markets and foreign investors, if not Mexicans. Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, talks to the FT’s John Paul Rathbone about the country’s prospects. For more video … Continue reading →

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Argentina Sovereign Debt – FT

Posted on June 2, 2014 by macromon

The FT’s Robin Wigglesworth and Joseph Cotterill discuss Argentina’s decision to pay back its debt to the Paris Club of creditors. Argentina lost access to capital markets after its $100bn sovereign default 13 years ago. For more video content from … Continue reading →

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Larry Summers on inequality and Piketty – FT

Posted on May 28, 2014 by macromon

There is an attempt to make capitalism more inclusive. But who is it excluding? John Authers asks former US treasury secretary Larry Summers if he agrees with Thomas Piketty’s thesis that inequality is increasing, and asks how capitalism can be … Continue reading →

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What Modi’s win means – Martin Wolf, FT

Posted on May 27, 2014 by macromon

Narendra Modi has swept to power in the biggest elections India ‑ and the world – have ever seen. Martin Wolf, FT chief economics commentator, talks to John Authers about the critical questions for the country’s economy and the implications … Continue reading →

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Mood, momentum and Apple – FT

Posted on May 27, 2014 by macromon

Good stuff. It is difficult to put a true value on a stock without being influenced by its price. Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at NYU Stern Business School, tells John Authers that movements in Apple’s price and valuation create … Continue reading →

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Doubts over Piketty inequality data – FT

Posted on May 23, 2014 by macromon

FT economics editor Chris Giles and FT global economy news editor Ferdinando Giugliano raise doubts about the validity of the data in ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ by Thomas Piketty, which claims that wealth inequality is rising. For more video … Continue reading →

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China accepts creative destruction – FT

Posted on May 21, 2014 by macromon

Can China’s meteoric growth continue? Most expect not, but is that necessarily bad? Henny Sender, FT chief international finance correspondent, explains to John Authers that slowing growth could be positive for China, if not for importers. For more video content … Continue reading →

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How the euro was saved – FT

Posted on May 16, 2014 by macromon

Peter Spiegel, the Financial Times’s Brussels bureau chief, recounts the moments in 2011 and 2012 when the euro came closest to collapse, and how politicians and bureaucrats battled over the solutions that eventually saved the euro. For more video content … Continue reading →

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