Hamish McRae

@TheIndyBusiness

Hamish McRae has a long association with The Independent and writes regular columns on business and finance, as well as the intersection between the worlds of economics and politics. He is an internationally respected writer and broadcaster, who has won numerous awards, including the coveted title of Business and Finance Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards.

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Hamish McRaeBe prepared for rising interest rates – the Bank of England decides

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Hamish McRaeThe economy is bouncing back, but the UK recovery lags behind the US

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Hamish McRaeConsumers can drive climate action – look at the success of Tesla

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Hamish McRaeWhat’s really happening in the Budget? These are the signals so far

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Hamish McRaeHeat pumps will replace boilers but it’s a marathon, not a sprint

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Hamish McRaeThe biggest lessons we can learn from the supply chain crisis

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Hamish McRaeTaxes are going up – but there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful

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Hamish McRaeWe can start to solve labour shortages by making jobs more attractive

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Hamish McRaeWill we finally see a fall in the influence of social media companies?

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Hamish McRaeEurope’s great problem? We don’t have a reliable enough power supply

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Hamish McRaeGermany now faces a dark and difficult decade

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Hamish McRaeThe world economy is built around efficiency, but is it robust enough?

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Hamish McRaeWhy are Anglo-American cultural offerings like Bond so seductive?

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Hamish McRaeCrazy low interest rates are good for borrowers, but it can’t last

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Hamish McRaeYoung people who ‘lie flat’ may pay a high price in the future

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Hamish McRaeWe’ve had enough of ‘celebrity’ culture – Raducanu is a new role model

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Hamish McRaeSocial care must be funded – your generation will need it next

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Hamish McRaeVaccine passports are set to be the global standard to fight Covid-19

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Hamish McRaeCould Lotus be the next Tesla? Thanks to a deal with China, maybe

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Hamish McRaeWhat will dominate the financial landscape during the autumn?

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Hamish McRaeThe brutal truth is the Afghanistan crisis won’t hit the US economy

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Hamish McRaeLockdowns have made us value space more – particularly in our homes

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Hamish McRaePeople will return to the office only if that’s really what they want

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Hamish McRaeThe financial boom will continue in UK and US – politics demands it

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Hamish McRaeWe are in the middle of a ‘real time data revolution’

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Hamish McRaeBritain has to rebuild its working relationship with the EU

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Hamish McRaeWhy the economies of the eurozone are bouncing back

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Hamish McRaeThe ‘pingdemic’ will deliver a short, sharp shock to the economy

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Hamish McRaeThere is no quick fix for coping with an ageing population

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Hamish McRaeEnough of the pessimism – we need the Olympics now more than ever

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Hamish McRaeA sugar tax won’t get to the root of why so many of us are overweight

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Hamish McRaePret’s sales tell a story about how the world is unlocking

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Hamish McRaeVirgin Galactic is frivolous, but that’s Richard Branson’s genius

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Hamish McRaeWhat lessons can we learn from the strong stock market debut of Wise?

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Hamish McRaeThe 10 lessons we need to learn from lockdown as we fully reopen

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Hamish McRaeHow will the economic battle between the US and China play out?

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Hamish McRaeWhat the Gap closures tell us about the future of the UK high street

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Hamish McRaeDo we really want to move to the countryside now? I’m not so sure

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Hamish McRaeThe tourism and travel industry needs to be able to get moving again

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Hamish McRaeThe future of Bitcoin will be determined by China - not the West

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Hamish McRaeWe need to talk about online shopping and the environment

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Hamish McRaeTension between Johnson and Sunak over spending isn’t a bad thing

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Hamish McRaeAdvertisers may soon have no option but to work with GB News

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Hamish McRaeThe UK-Australia trade deal heralds a welcome change in direction

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Hamish McRaeChina is quite right – the G7 cannot dictate to the rest of the world

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Hamish McRaeThe G7 summit could prove vital for post-Covid recovery

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Hamish McRaeWill the surge in house prices end with a bang or just fizzle out?

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Hamish McRaeThe G7 tax avoidance deal may begin a long-overdue healing process

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Hamish McRaeDeclining birth rates are not just a problem for China to deal with

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Hamish McRaeWhat Bezos vs Arnault tells us about the global economy

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Hamish McRaeThe economic scars post-Covid will run deeper than you may think

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Hamish McRaeFarmers have a right to know where the government’s priorties lie

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Hamish McRaeWhy now is the perfect time to start a side hustle

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Hamish McRaeThe India Covid variant leaves clouds forming on the economic horizon

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Hamish McRaeDon’t sell your investments this May, whatever the old adage says

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Hamish McRaeThe fun Elon Musk has with Dogecoin shows the irrationality of value

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Hamish McRaeHow will the west react when India’s economy surges?

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Hamish McRaeIt is always worth listening to what Warren Buffett has to say

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Hamish McRaeAre we seeing the switch away from ‘growth’ investing?

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Hamish McRaeWill Joe Biden’s tax the rich policy catch on across the pond?

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Hamish McRaeFootball needs to adapt – but the European Super League isn’t the way

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Hamish McRaeIs this the end for New York?

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Hamish McRaeWhat will our high streets look like after the pandemic?

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Hamish McRaeThere is euphoria in the markets – what can possibly go wrong?

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Hamish McRaeThose starting their careers during Covid are suffering from burnout

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Hamish McRaeSomething huge is happening in the markets – what are they telling us?

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Hamish McRaeChina stepping up its vaccination programme is good for all of us

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Hamish McRaeOur economic recovery depends on travel – we need a UK/US air corridor

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Hamish McRaeWorking from home isn’t working, at least for the young

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Hamish McRaeLarry Summers has dismissed Biden’s fiscal stimulus – but is he right?

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Hamish McRaeAre Beijing’s tensions with Jack Ma a harbinger of a wider reckoning?

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Hamish McRaeStand by for higher interest rates, folks

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Hamish McRaeHow do we protect ourselves against inflation?

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Hamish McRaeDiscourtesy achieves nothing – we have to get along with the EU

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Hamish McRaeRishi Sunak has charted a credible path, economic growth is good news

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Hamish McRaeRussia has to make a transition away from relying on oil and gas

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Hamish McRaeSunak should think hard about any possible tax rises within the Budget

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Hamish McRaeWill London ever recover?

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Hamish McRaeMeghan and Harry’s departure is good for them – and the royal family

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Hamish McRaeWe will all be driving electric cars – but the pace of change matters

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Hamish McRaeA solid US economic recovery is good for Europe – but what of China?

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Hamish McRaeThe new head of the WTO faces a daunting inbox to deal with

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Hamish McRaeI’ve no doubt we are in an asset bubble – but how long will it last?

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Hamish McRaeWe should celebrate that retail investors are a force again