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Harriet Clarfelt

US capital markets correspondent

Harriet Clarfelt is a capital markets correspondent for the Financial Times in New York, where she covers corporate debt. She previously held the role of deputy markets news editor in London. Harriet joined the FT from Investors' Chronicle, where she was news editor and a companies reporter. Before becoming a journalist, Harriet worked for an asset management firm. She graduated from Oxford University.
Email Harriet Clarfelt @HClarfelt  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    UnhedgedGlobal Economy
    European markets have been on a wild ride Premium content

    And default divergence

    3 hours ago
    A montage of a financial trader
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    Chinese companies rush to tap US convertible bond market

    Issuers encouraged by ready pool of specialist hedge fund buyers for hybrid debt

    Alibaba logo on a screen at NYSE
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing woes weigh on credit rating as spectre of junk status looms

    Weak aeroplane delivery figures this week could deliver another blow to its credit outlook

    A Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737 plane flies as a storm approaches
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    US inflation
    Fed’s preferred inflation metric remains at 2.7% in April

    Personal consumption expenditures figure was in line with economists’ expectations

    American and Texas state flags hang inside a Walmart store in Grand Prairie, Texas
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Subway
    Subway sandwich chain raises largest bond of its kind

    Popular maker of foot-long deli heroes will use proceeds to pay down acquisition debt

    A tuna sandwich from Subway
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Financial & markets regulation
    What faster trading cycles will mean for US markets

    This week’s move to ‘T+1’ reduces settlement risk, but causes headaches for overseas investors

    Pedestrians walk along Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange
  • Saturday, 25 May, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    More US high-grade borrowers at risk of downgrade as economy slows

    Proportion of investment-grade companies at risk of falling to junk now exceeds those likely to be upgraded

    Boeing employees work during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    US equities
    US stocks sink as robust economic data offsets Nvidia cheer

    Nvidia surpasses $2.5tn market cap on another set of blockbuster earnings

    A smartphone with an Nvidia logo on it is placed on a computer motherboard
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Unhedged
    What happens when money market funds close? Premium content

    And the shrinking gap between investment-grade and junk

    A montage of a hand holding dollar bills
  • Saturday, 18 May, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    US companies find borrowing conditions improving as markets rally

    Chicago Fed’s index of financial conditions falls to lowest level since January 2022

    A view of the US Federal Reserve in Washington, DC
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    Rush of deals hits US corporate bond market as borrowing premiums fall

    Dozens of sales raise tens of billions of dollars this week amid feverish investor demand

    A montage of the logos of Coca-Cola, Eni and CVS with dollar bills in the background
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Special ReportRisk Management: Financial Institutions
    Bond market liquidity squeeze keeps regulators alert to risks

    Market stress during the period of rising interest rates has prompted more scrutiny — and new rules

    A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    Eurozone inflation
    Is eurozone inflation still falling?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    People stand at sunset on the banks of the river Main near the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    US inflation
    Fed’s preferred inflation metric rose to 2.7% in March

    Figures come day after US first-quarter growth data prompt investors to push back interest rate cut expectations

    A nozzle is replaced on a fuel dispenser at a petrol station in La Puente, California
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    Big asset managers adopt ‘vulture’ tactics in distressed debt fights

    Loosening credit agreements mean traditional investors who once could avoid messy legal battles are having to evolve

    The Invesco headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    US economy
    Biden dealt blow as investors scale back bets on pre-election rate cut

    Markets no longer fully confident of move by September following new growth and inflation data

    A maintenance worker sweeps the street in front of a row of new homes in Fairfax, Virginia
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    US interest rates
    Investors price in growing chance of another Fed interest rate rise

    While base case remains reduction in borrowing costs, options market shows a 20% probability of increase

    People walk outside the Federal Reserve building
  • Monday, 15 April, 2024
    Markets
    ‘Blowout’ US retail sales shake bond and currency markets

    Government debt sells off and dollar gains as latest sign of hot economy cools hopes of interest rate cuts

    A shopper walks past a Macy’s store in New York
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    US interest rates
    Investors wrongfooted as ‘higher for longer’ rates return to haunt markets

    Analysts tear up interest rate forecasts as inflation proves more stubborn than most had expected

    Traders in the New York stock exchange
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast13 min listen
    Prime money markets funds are in trouble

    The SEC takes aim at institutional prime money market funds

  • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
    Fund regulation
    Managers to shut or convert $220bn of US money market funds before rule change

    SEC rules on departure fees for institutional prime money market funds will drive up costs, say firms

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington DC
  • Sunday, 31 March, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    Companies rush to issue bonds to forestall US election volatility

    Corporate borrowers bring forward financing plans to avoid uncertainty of Biden-Trump rematch in November

    A montage of Joe Biden and Donlad Trump with an American flag in the background
  • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
    Equities
    AI boom drives global stock markets to best first quarter in 5 years

    MSCI index of world stocks rises 7.7% as optimism about US economy offsets expectations of slower rate cuts

    Traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    India’s quid pro quo trade strategy

    If companies or countries want freer access to India’s market, they must offer concessions

  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    Investors pour money into US corporate bond funds at record rate

    Demand to lock in yields helps push spreads on high-yield bonds close to their tightest level since 2007

    the US Federal Reserve is seen in Washington, DC
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