Katie Martin
Katie Martin is a Financial Times markets journalist and Unhedged podcast host. She covers financial markets, including bonds and inflation, and analyzes the economic effects of energy shocks.
The Hormuz Shock Is Raising the Cost of Energy Security
The Financial Times’ analysis of the Iran war argues that the disruption to energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz has exposed how quickly a regional conflict can raise prices and strain economies. Its contributors differ on whether the shock marks a new normal, but several warn that governments may need to pay more for backup supplies, diversified energy sources and greater resilience, even if the conflict ends.
Brexit’s Economic Costs Are Pushing Britain Back Toward Europe
FT journalists on Political Fix argue that, a decade on, Brexit’s costs are no longer mainly hypothetical: they cite estimates of a 4 to 8 per cent hit to GDP, weaker investment, sterling’s lasting fall and higher borrowing costs as evidence that leaving the EU reduced Britain’s economic capacity. George Parker, Katie Martin, Delphine Strauss and Stephen Bush also contend that the political damage has been to entrench grievance politics while making a return to full EU membership unlikely; the more plausible path, they say, is a slow, constrained move towards closer European ties.