Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.
Learn moreIt seems more top-tier economists are coming around to the idea that robots and technology could be having a greater influence on the economy (and this crisis in particular) than previously appreciated. Paul Krugman being the latest.
But first a quick backgrounder on the debate so far (as tracked by us). Read more
| Market | Last price | Today's change |
52 week high |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 Index: FSI As of May 20 2013 13:19 |
6,716 | -7.36 | -0.1% | 6,740 |
| FTSEurofirst 300 Index: FSI As of May 20 2013 13:05 |
1,247 | -0.85 | -0.1% | 1,251 |
| S&P 500 INDEX: WCB As of May 17 2013 05:00 |
1,667 | +17.00 | +1.0% | 1,667 |
| Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate As of May 20 2013 12:39 |
1.29 | 0.00 | +0.4% | 1.37 |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil Front Month: IEU As of May 20 2013 13:10 |
104.22 | -0.42 | -0.4% | 119.17 |
| COMEX GOLD 1 FUTURES CHAIN Front Mon: CMX As of May 20 2013 08:47 |
1,348 | -16.90 | -1.2% | 1,795 |
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1Alphachat: Lee Buchheit edition, featuring Lee Buchheit
2Further reading
3"This is Lake Wobegone upside-down"
4The risk of a Japanese VaR shock
5Re-setting ENRC (updated)
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