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Graeme Roy is joined by colleagues Emma Congreve and Stuart McIntyre to talk about what we know so far about the impact of the pandemic on the labour market and household finances and what may happen in the next few months.
Graeme Roy is joined by colleagues Mairi Spowage and David Eiser to discuss what we currently know about economic conditions and outlook given the coronavirus crisis, and how this might impact on the Scottish Budget Outlook.
Yesterday, amid many other significant stories, the Scottish Government published its response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery.
The urgency of the situation and the scale of the economic shock facing businesses and families across the country is on a scale never seen before.
This week, we are expecting to receive a response from the Scottish Government to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery’s report.
But how are businesses coping in Scotland as the lockdown is eased? And what does this all this tell us about the right policy response?
The Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor, produced in partnership with the Fraser of Allander Institute shows that as lockdown restrictions begin to ease and the economy starts to open back up, sentiment amongst the Scottish business community is showing some tentative signs of improvement. However, the overall outlook remains challenging.
ONS have recently released some new experimental regional data which look at how households spend their money. This article looks at these data in more detail, exploring what they tell us about household consumption and saving across the UK.
Today we had new Scottish GDP data for the month of May released. [It’s the Glasgow Fair today(!), so we’ll keep this update short.] Unsurprisingly, the figures show that the economy remained in a high state of lockdown that month. Figure 1: Headline Scottish GDP to May 2020 Source: Scottish …
This article summarises some of the data released today on the Scottish labour market, as well as data from the welfare system and Coronavirus employment support schemes.
This video update provides an overview and analysis of the headline labour market picture in Scotland, July 2020, including data from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Self-Employment Support Scheme, and the welfare system.
How should a wealth tax be designed? What and who should be taxed in principle, and would this be feasible in practice? And, given the interest in devolving greater revenue responsibility to the Scottish Parliament, would a wealth tax be suitable for devolution? This article considers some of these questions.