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
HAMISH MCRAE: Second half of 2021 will give us a feel for how next growth phase of economy might unfold – but it’s a tricky six months before we get there Next year will be a year of two halves The first half will be a scramble – trying to patch things together again after … Read more
Let’s look forward. We have no idea which way the coin will fall over our trade relationship with Europe, but can have a feeling for how our trading relationships will shift in the coming years. Whatever happens we will be trading less with Europe and more with the rest of the world. There are a … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: In uncertain times, we must bolt down what we know, be frank about what we don’t, and make a cool judgment about the ways forward National Debt will end up at around 100 per cent of GDP before public finances come back under control It would be great if we could figure out … Read more
The new adventure begins. If you wanted to choose a moment when the UK starts to direct its economy away from Europe and towards the rest of the world, this is as good as any. On Wednesday we get Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review, setting out the Government’s plans to direct the 40 per cent plus … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: Britain could profit if Joe Biden beats Donald Trump to become the next US President By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 October 2020 The US markets are pricing in a Biden victory and if they are right – they have of … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: Creating conditions for growth is Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s way out of the current crisis By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 A winter chill swept through the markets and the economy last week. The package of support from Rishi Sunak … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: If we can emerge from all this with a better educated, more resilient workforce, then this is good news for the future By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 19 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 September 2020 We cannot choose the moment to be born – or indeed … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: This is not an argument for a punch-up with the European Union, but deal or no deal Brexit doesn’t really matter By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:23 BST, 12 September 2020 The trade row with Europe was always going to go to the … Read more