Hamish McRae

6 days ago | msn.com | Hamish McRae

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6 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Hamish McRae

Let's be honest. We're going to get a lot more inflation. Why? Two reasons. First, Rachel Reeves and the rest of this Government secretly quite welcome it. Second, the Bank of England isn't strong enough to tackle the scourge, even though that is its most important job. If you think that is too cynical, look at the evidence of the past few days. We had inflation figures showing that the Consumer Price Index, the CPI, was running at 3.4 per cent.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Hamish McRae

What is happening in the Middle East is so terrible in human terms that it seems wrong to be discussing the implications for investment. But that is what markets have to do. However horrible things are, and however huge the uncertainties, the plain fact is that the markets have to try to work out what might happen to the economies of different countries, to the price of the various types of assets, to interest rates, inflation, and so on – and all amid the fog of war.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Hamish McRae

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2 weeks ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Hamish McRae

If the Government's finances are in such a mess and the economy is stagnant, why are share prices close to an all-time high? Could it simply be the UK is a pretty good place to invest – provided you are a foreigner and don't have to pay our taxes? This week sees Rachel Reeves' spending review, setting out what the Government proposes to do with our taxes for the next three or four years.