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Jennifer Hughes

US Markets Editor

Jennifer Hughes rejoined the FT in 2022 as US markets editor after five years with Reuters and its commentary arm, Breakingviews. Prior to that, her 18-year FT career included covering capital markets, banks, finance, regulation plus writing the Lex column during stints in New York, London and most recently, Hong Kong.
Email Jennifer Hughes @jennhughes13  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    US Treasury bonds
    Treasury market volatility surges as investors rethink interest rate bets

    Bond traders brace for inflation data on Thursday after jobs figures smashed expectations

    A trader examines multiple computer screens displaying financial charts and data
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Global Economy
    How fast is US inflation falling?

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

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Equity exchanges
    New Texas exchange pledges tougher standards than New York rivals

    The launch feeds into an effort to establish the state as a corporate mecca with a new bourse trading equities in Dallas

    Jim Lee, CEO of the new Texas Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    UnhedgedMarkets
    What we mean by ‘recession’ matters Premium content

    Downturns don’t have to be extreme events to affect markets

    A person holding an umbrella walks past the New York Stock Exchange
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s foreign investors hope stimulus will end ‘deep winter’

    International backers of Chinese equities want package to be accompanied by fiscal spending and reforms

    A bull statue in front of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    EU economy
    Will the US jobs report show signs of economic recovery?

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

    A Now Hiring sign on a FedEx Office in New York,
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    BGC Partners Inc
    BGC’s Howard Lutnick takes on CME with interest rate futures debut

    Bank of England’s credibility under fire from Chicago in battle with New York

    Howard Lutnick alongside Donald Trump
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    Markets
    How resilient is the US consumer?

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

    Worker prices produce at a store in San Francisco
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    On Wall StreetYield curve
    What is the yield curve really telling us about the odds of recession?

    Believers in predictive power of so-called inversion in bond markets still think it augurs downturn

    Unemployed man with sign on road in Philadelphia in 1980
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    US financial regulation
    SEC cuts tick size for stock market trades to a half penny

    Regulator softens complex initial proposal after industry pushback

    SEC Chair Gary Gensler speaks at a hearing on Capitol Hill
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Trump Media & Technology Group
    Trump Media shares jump as ex-president says he will keep his stake

    Republican candidate’s comments come days before he could cash out of his majority position

    Donald Trump speaks to media a a golf course in California
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Markets InsightEquity exchanges
    New US stock exchanges seek to make a mark

    Bourses hope to draw listings with pitches that draw on corporate aspirations, strategy or identity

    The 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, at the New York Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    US interest rates
    Shift in US bond yields leaves investors guessing about economic outlook

    Yield on two-year Treasury falls below 10-year counterpart as inversion in closely watched indicator ends

    A partial view of the US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    US financial regulation
    Citadel Securities leads fight over payments for market surveillance system

    Market maker attacks ‘brazen’ efforts by exchanges to recoup costs of ‘Consolidated Audit Trail’ that tracks securities trading

    A trader works in the Citadel Securities booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    Global Economy
    Will US jobs data push the Fed into a deeper rate cut?

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

    A worker installs the front doors on a Ford F-150 truck
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Oil
    Oil prices jump on reports of Libyan production shutdown

    Political wrangling sends crude 3% higher

    An oil terminal in Libya
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    On Wall StreetRetail trading
    Retail investors are not panicking

    Despite recent market turmoil, inflows into US stocks this month from smaller traders have surged

    Stock market information displayed at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Equities
    Global stocks finish strongest weekly run for nine months

    Reassuring data has eased investors’ fears that the US economy is heading for a recession

    A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Markets
    US stocks end rollercoaster week back where they started

    Global equities claw back bulk of losses from Monday’s sharp sell-off but mood remains cautious

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    Equities
    Is the rotation into small-cap stocks over?

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

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Equities
    Global stock sell-off deepens after disappointing US jobs data

    Nasdaq falls into correction as traders bet Federal Reserve will have to cut rates more rapidly

    Nasdaq graph
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Nvidia and chip shares soar as Microsoft increases AI spending

    Chipmaking stocks become increasingly sensitive to investment plans of a handful of Big Tech groups

    Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, onstage with Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg at a computer graphics and interactive techniques conference
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Technology sector
    Nvidia shares close down 7% as tech sell-off reignites

    Chipmaker has lost about $750bn in market value over the past six weeks

    A smartphone with a Nvidia logo on it placed on a computer motherboard
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    US equities
    Tech reversal pushes US megacaps into correction territory

    Double-digit falls in Nvidia, Tesla, Meta and Alphabet highlight questions on AI investment returns

    The Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, New York City
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    On Wall StreetUS equities
    The penny starts to drop on small stock machinations

    Market-maker Virtu calls for reforms to tackle micro-cap manoeuvrings

    Specialist traders work at a Virtu Financial booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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