Hamish McRae

One of the country’s most respected financial journalists and commentators Hamish McRae is an associate editor of The Independent. He was named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year 2006 at the British Press Awards.

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Hamish McRae: It is in Europe's interest to be nice to us – even if we do want a divorce

04 August 2013 12:00 AM

From the City: We have had a dry run for this great debate in the one about the adoption of the euro

Hamish McRae: US economic good news may just be the tonic that interest rates thirst after

01 August 2013 12:00 AM

Economic View: What happens to US rates affects the rest of the world but so too does what happens to the US economy

Protesters complained that police are using bully boy tactics

The fracking debate is more about power than energy

30 July 2013 06:15 PM

There has been a huge debate about fracking, couched largely in environmental terms, but the debate about power is massively important too

Scots abroad: The Grandfather Mountain Parade in North Carolina

Hamish McRae: Head to the US for a true Highland gathering

27 July 2013 07:00 PM

Something to Declare

Hamish McRae: We keep getting the balance so wrong when it comes to banking

25 July 2013 12:00 AM

The big point here is we have to patch... there is no point in endlessly playing the blame game

Will Help to Buy just help the rich feel even richer?

23 July 2013 04:53 PM

Is it conceivable that pumping more money into housing and guaranteeing parts of people’s mortgages might reduce house prices? The answer must be “no”

Hamish McRae: Power balance shifts to the private sector and away from governments

21 July 2013 12:00 AM

Economic View

Hamish McRae: Quality, not quantity, likely to be the way ahead as banks try to boost lending

17 July 2013 11:38 PM

Economic View: I personally find it astounding that the West could have allowed such a build up of debt to occur

Ben Bernanke has highlighted the problems created by a 'two-speed global recovery'

Bernanke makes markets twitch but what counts is the economy

16 July 2013 06:54 PM

Higher interest rates will be a signal the economy is healing

Hamish McRae: America's optimism is fuelled by the Fed's loose monetary policy

14 July 2013 12:00 AM

Economic View: 'Safe' investments have performed badly while 'risky' ones have performed best

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