Hamish McRae
Named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year at the 2006 British Press Awards, The Independent's associate editor Hamish McRae is one of the country’s most respected financial journalists and commentators.
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Hamish McRae: Should we keep our powder dry?
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
We are still in the early stages of the downturn but we can - in a funny way - see more about the policy response to it than we can about its scale and shape.
Economic View: The world's authorities must recognise the eastward shift in financial power
Sunday, 16 November 2008
'Will people really buy a new car just because they're paying less tax'
Hamish McRae on the shape of the downturn: will it be a U, a V, or even an L?
Friday, 14 November 2008
Economic Life
Hamish McRae: Blue skies in the UK will only be spotted from the roofs of higher-priced houses
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Economic view
Hamish McRae: The world is now heading towardsan era of much cheaper money
Friday, 7 November 2008
Economic View
Hamish McRae: It's not just a tricky economy that the next US president will have to navigate
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Economic view
Hamish McRae: Once house prices stop falling, we can start thinking about recovery
Friday, 31 October 2008
Economic Life
Hamish McRae: Less than it sounds
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Sounds a lot, doesn't it? The Bank of England estimate that the total losses of the world's banks could reach £1.8 trillion is the highest official number I have seen yet and is, and should be, shocking.
Hamish McRae: Recessions hurt us all, but how unfair if Africa is punished for Western excess
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Abuja – After another week of madness and mayhem in London, it seemed a good idea to escape and have a look at the world from the calm of Nigeria. I kid you not, for Abuja, the specially planned political capital, is very different from the great, heaving commercial and financial centre of Lagos, the capital until 1991. But it is also a good discipline to look at the world from the other side. To take one example: the emergency meeting of Opec over oil prices looks quite different if you are sitting in the country that is the world's eighth-largest oil exporter, rather than filling up the car in Britain.
Hamish McRae: The shift to cheap money will not make borrowing it any easier
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Economic Life
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Despite the weight on his shoulders, the Chancellor remains remarkably calm.
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