Mohamed El-Erian

A FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF PIMCO, HE IS PRESIDENT OF QUEENS’ COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER AT ALLIANZ SE; AND CHAIR OF GRAMERCY FUND MANAGEMENT. HE IS AUTHOR OF “THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN".

Fed chair Kevin Warsh addressed immediate market demands for details on his reaction function, and put the realities of productivity and AI front and centre.
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Warsh charts a forward-looking path for Fed at Jackson Hole

2026-08-31T09:32:23.000Z
New Fed chair Kevin Warsh has arrived with a sweeping reform agenda, immediately announcing the establishment of five task forces.
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A different type of G7 central bank divergence

2026-06-30T10:00:00.000Z
The sheer volume of debt involved is one risk. It raises the spectre of financial bubbles, especially if the AI-driven productivity miracle fails to monetise as expected.

The twin ‘factories’ spurring global growth are both at risk

2026-01-23T23:00:00.000Z
The volatility in tariff policy has been a contributor to both unusual financial market fluctuations and eye-popping swings in the consensus economic narrative.
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US tariff policy accelerates deeper structural changes

2025-05-13T10:00:00.000Z
A dose of humility will help the Jerome Powell-led Fed reduce the risk of another bout of slippages in analysis, forecasts, communication and policy design.

The Fed must resist repeating past mistakes

2025-04-08T23:00:00.000Z
Lower-income households in the US have been struggling, burdened by dwindling savings, maxed-out credit cards and mounting debt.
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US recession odds are becoming unsettlingly high

2025-03-05T21:00:00.000Z
AI-focused technological optimism is reflected in the extent to which a handful of companies have led the surge in the S&P 500 Index from one record level to the next.
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The three forces shifting the investment landscape

2025-01-27T21:00:00.000Z
US president-elect Donald Trump (left) and UK Prime Minster Keir Starmer. America is a vital partner, accounting for nearly 20 per cent of the UK’s exports and imports, and a third of FDI into the country.
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The UK can find its way in Trump’s America

2025-01-06T10:00:00.000Z
Both Kamala Harris (left) and Donald Trump lack the specifics to meet their promises.
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Five economic areas the incoming US president needs to tackle

2024-11-05T17:00:00.000Z
Gold's rise over the past 12 months has occurred despite some wild swings in expected policy rates, a wide fluctuation band for benchmark US yields, falling inflation and currency volatility.
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Why the West should be paying more attention to the gold price rise

2024-10-22T09:18:30.000Z