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    Tej Parikh

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    Tej Parikh is the Financial Times's economics leader writer. Before joining the FT he was a director of economics at Fitch Ratings and chief economist at the Institute of Directors.

    He has also written for numerous international outlets on issues covering global affairs and public policy, and was previously a journalist for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh.

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    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Markets InsightThe QE retreat
      Central banks’ trillion-dollar problem

      Bloated balance sheets need to come down without endangering financial stability

      Federal Reserve building during a renovation in Washington
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      The UK should take inspiration from the inventors and implementers of its industrial revolution

      Engraving of Isaac Newton using a shaft of light to demonstrate the gravitation theory
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      A freight train passes through a valley flanked by mountains in Canada
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
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      The best new books on economics

      A defence of free markets in ‘The Capitalist Manifesto’, and the problem with the Big Four index funds and their financial power

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    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Global Economy
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      Illustration with Tej Parikh and Adam Posen
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      Markets InsightBank of England
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      The UK central bank’s forthcoming review must reform how it conveys its forecasts

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      A new challenger appears

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      The LSE economics professor considers how monetary policymakers should navigate the trade-offs which lie ahead

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      Markets will continue to turn against the government if it remains in denial

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