Joao Sousa, Deputy Director of the Institute, is joined by Mairi Spowage, Institute Director and Douglas Farish, Head of Tax for Deloitte in Scotland to discuss the latest quarterly economic commentary.
(00:35) Mairi discusses the headlines from our commentary publication, covering the main indicators of economic conditions
(03:55) Douglas reflects on whether this chimes with the experience he is having with clients
(07:12) Mairi, Joao and Douglas discuss the latest data on Scottish Income Tax, and our old friend fiscal drag
(15:03) Mairi and Joao discuss our analysis of fiscal black holes
(21:33) We all speculate about the UK Budget on 30th October, focussing on the implications if capital gains tax features in the changes the Chancellor is likely to make.
(30:30) Mairi discusses some of our analysis on the Scottish Public sector.
Authors
Mairi is the Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute. Previously, she was the Deputy Chief Executive of the Scottish Fiscal Commission and the Head of National Accounts at the Scottish Government and has over a decade of experience working in different areas of statistics and analysis.
João is Deputy Director and Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Previously, he was a Senior Fiscal Analyst at the Office for Budget Responsibility, where he led on analysis of long-term sustainability of the UK's public finances and on the effect of economic developments and fiscal policy on the UK's medium-term outlook.