Eric Platt
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Eric Platt

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US investment editor at the Financial Times. Sometimes fashion critic. Views my own. eric.platt@ft.com

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Private credit concerns mount after troubled loans approach decade high

Funds take writedowns ● Echoes of 2017 crisis ● Pressure from outflows ● Defenders hail sector health

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Private credit concerns mount after troubled loans approach decade high

Funds take writedowns ● Echoes of 2017 crisis ● Pressure from outflows ● Defenders hail sector health

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Financial TimesAUG 18, 2026Lead Story
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Wall Street big names join Nvidia to build $500bn AI financing package

Landmark lending plan ● Big data centre push ● Chipmaker’s shares wobble ● Private capital cultivated

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Financial TimesAUG 11, 2026Lead Story
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Pimco warns war could trigger rate rises as US voters sour on economy

Higher prices pose test for Fed ● Struggle to reach 2% target ● Inflation erodes Trump support, poll shows

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Financial TimesMAY 11, 2026Lead Story
The paper links geopolitical conflict directly to domestic monetary policy, framing the economic situation primarily through its impending impact on US political stability and central bank decision-making.
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Pressures on private credit laid bare as investors try to pull $20bn from funds

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Financial TimesAPR 10, 2026
Focuses on systemic stress indicators within private financial markets and investor caution.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Eric Platt in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.