HAMISH MCRAE: What the Chancellor really needs to get the nation’s finances back under control are not tweaks to taxes but a little inflation By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 What will we learn on Wednesday? The Budget last year was … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: Sunak must listen to the business community about the things that are holding it back By Hamish Mcrae For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 There are just ten days to go before the Budget – and ten days to get policy … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: It would be naive to think that as and when the US financial bubble pops, we will not get caught in some of the backwash By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 13 February 2021 There is a huge boom in asset prices, … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: Covid vaccine passports can lift London… as capital may have lost half a million people By Hamish Mcrae For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:44 GMT, 6 February 2021 It looks as though London may have lost half a million people through the pandemic. We don’t … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: With the swift roll-out of the vaccines and extensive testing, the UK is well positioned to escape its present straitjacket By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 16:05 GMT, 31 January 2021 We have to get everyone back to work. This is not simply an … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: Growth is just round the corner – the trick will be to get the economy moving as early as is humanly possible By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 23 January 2021 Every week matters. It is obvious that the sooner the lockdowns … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: By doing right for America, Joe Biden will also do right for the rest of us, and that, frankly, is a bit of a relief in these troubled times Joe Biden’s administration has already moved to thump $1.9trillion into the American economy Add in the $935billion package Congress agreed last month and in … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: For all the knowledge we have about financial bubbles, human nature seems to be such that they keep on occurring By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 January 2021 How will the bubble in financial markets end? There is a pat answer: … Read more
A New Year, the end of a 48-year-old relationship – and most important of all, the start of a new adventure. So what will happen in the days ahead? Think of the economic impact of leaving the European Union in three ways: the relief bounce, the switch to local, and the wide blue yonder. The … Read more
How will financial markets cope with 2021? There are two shafts of light: effective vaccines and a decent Brexit deal – and we can all surely agree there is huge relief that common sense has prevailed from all quarters. But beyond those, and beyond the prospect of a bumpy first half of the year and … Read more