The importance of being cautious… new labour market data today
This article provides a review of the latest (December 2020) labour market data…
Insights from the latest labour market data…
This article reviews the headlines from the labour market data for Scotland and the UK published in November 2020.
Mapping local job vulnerability…
This article highlights the spatial pattern of job vulnerability implied by changes in overall economic activity at a sectoral level across Scotland.
A cautionary look at what the new earnings data can tell us about the impact of the pandemic.
The Covid pandemic has had a huge impact on our working lives but tracking this in the available economic survey data has proven challenging. This week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the latest results from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) but these too have been affected by challenges around Covid 19.
Opinion: Brexit and the difficult path ahead…
Amidst all the challenges of the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, recent reports suggest that the likelihood of the UK securing a trade deal with the EU have slipped back. The Prime Minister’s target of finalising an agreement by the 15th October has now passed. Of course, it is …
What does the latest labour market data tell us?
New labour market data were released by ONS this morning. These covered the period to the end of August. In this short article we review the key insights from these data.
Why is the labour market data proving so resilient so far during this crisis?
In this article we pull out the headline labour market data and set out some of the reasons why these headline indicators are seemingly so resilient despite what we know about the severe impact that the pandemic has had on the Scottish economy and the challenges it poses for the labour force.
Not o-K.. the shape of the recovery to come
Hope of a sharp bounce back – a ‘v-shaped’ recovery – have all but disappeared. The fear is that the recovery will be long leading to a ‘U’ or ‘bathtub’ shaped recovery.
But there is increasing evidence to suggest that an alternative ‘shaped’ recovery is on the horizon – a ‘k’ shaped recovery.
A review of today’s labour market data…
This article provides a review of today’s labour market data, and what these mean about the Scottish economy.
Video update on the latest labour market data…
This video gives an update on the latest labour market data for Scotland and the UK released in August 2020.