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Hamish Mcrae

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Don't panic about cash ISAs – this is what you really need to do with your savings

Don't panic about cash ISAs – this is what you really need to do with your savings
13.02.2025 4

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

I'm an economist – this is why borrowing will never be cheap again

I'm an economist – this is why borrowing will never be cheap again
06.02.2025 10

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Banks are booming – and savers are getting stung

Banks are booming – and savers are getting stung
29.01.2025 2

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Why Starmer needs Trump

24.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Hamish Mcrae

The UK now has one Trump card: Brexit

22.01.2025 2

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Trump's economic bubble might burst

16.01.2025 7

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

I'm an economist - this is why your life is about to get more expensive

09.01.2025 3

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Welcome to 2025, a year when recession will always be lurking

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

01.01.2025 4

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Inflation figures raise the spectre of a recession

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

18.12.2024 4

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Don't expect many Christmas presents this year

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

06.12.2024 3

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Vauxhall's Luton factory closure shows the flaws of Labour's EV policy

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

27.11.2024 3

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

The 'Elon Musk effect' might shake up our own Civil Service

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

14.11.2024 6

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Trump has already turbocharged the US economy

The business of America is business, and the financial markets have reacted with joy to the prospect of the pro-business Donald Trump as President....

06.11.2024 3

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Britain can grow faster than the OBR thinks

The UK economy may end up growing a bit faster by the end of this decade than the Office for Budget Responsibility expects – but if it does that...

01.11.2024 4

The Spectator

Hamish Mcrae

What happened to the growth we were promised, Chancellor?

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

31.10.2024 2

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

The most important financial summit of the year is taking place in Russia

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

23.10.2024 3

iNews

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Don’t celebrate inflation going down too soon - bigger problems are in store

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16.10.2024 2

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

Working people will pay for Reeves’s NI hike

Who would pay for Rachel Reeves’s increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions? Well yes, in the first instance it is the companies that...

16.10.2024 10

The Spectator

Hamish Mcrae

The three problems with Rachel Reeves's Budget plans

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

10.10.2024 4

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

The truth about how bad the UK's finances really are

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

03.10.2024 2

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

These new mortgages are the first step in solving the retirement crisis

If young people are to save more for their future there is a powerful incentive: find a way of allowing them to stop renting and buy their own...

26.09.2024 10

iNews

Hamish Mcrae

If you can get a good mortgage rate now, take it

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

18.09.2024 1

iNews

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The maths is simple: young workers can't rely on just the state for their pension

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04.09.2024 1

iNews

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Starmer's doom-laden tax plan is dangerous for the economy

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

29.08.2024 10

iNews

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The stock market holds the key to US presidential election

If you believe the stock market, it looks very much as though Kamala Harris will indeed be the next president of the United States. Market...

21.08.2024 1

iNews

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Rachel Reeves has found a £22bn black hole in the public finances – so what?

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

01.08.2024 2

iNews

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Labour says more of us should be working – but the numbers don’t add up

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25.07.2024 5

iNews

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UK economy is undergoing a reset – and it's good news for your mortgage

Inflation is now down to the two per cent target for two months running. That is lower than the US or the eurozone. Yet the markets think there is,...

17.07.2024 2

iNews

Hamish Mcrae