Financial Times to host live Q&A on the global economy on Oct. 1

In short: The Financial Times is inviting readers to submit questions for a live, text-based Q&A about what comes next for the global economy.

What happened

The Financial Times announced a new session in its “Ask an Expert” series focused on the global economy. Readers can send in questions ahead of time, or during the event.

The live Q&A will run from 1pm to 2pm BST on Thursday, October 1. It will be hosted by Tej Parikh, an economics leader writer at the FT, and Martin Sandbu, an FT European economics commentator.

The FT said the world economy is entering another uncertain period. It pointed to conflict in the Middle East and a surge in investment in AI, meaning money flowing into artificial intelligence projects, alongside the pressure from recent years of economic shocks and political tensions between countries.

The discussion is expected to cover what could drive future growth and where the biggest risks may be. The FT also highlighted topics such as bond yields, trade, technology, and geopolitics. Bond yields are the returns investors get for lending money to governments (like the interest rate on a government IOU).

Why it matters

Big economic shifts can filter down into everyday life, even if you never read financial news. They can influence job prospects, prices in shops, mortgage and loan costs, and how confident businesses feel about hiring or investing.

Source: Financial Times