Soumaya Keynes

Soumaya Anne Keynes (born 1 August 1989) is a British journalist, economist, and current economics columnist at the Financial Times.As her work with FT, she is set to host a new podcast starting in 2024 on economic matters.Before joining the Financial Times, she worked for eight years as the Britain economics editor at The Economist magazine. She co-hosted The Economist's Money Talks podcast, and co-founded and co-hosted Trade Talks, a podcast covering economic trade, from 2017-2021. Her work at The Economist was focused on the US economy and the trade policies of Donald Trump's presidency. Her career in economic research began as a policy adviser for Her Majesty's Treasury in London, looking at banking and credit. Afterward, she worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, focusing on pensions and public finances.