Scotland's Economy
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Chief Economist – State of the Economy
31st July 2012 by Dr Gary Gillespie
The outlook for the Scottish economy is one of continued recovery but with growth below both trend and initial expectations. Scotland is likely to continue to track the trends at the UK level as many of the determinants of UK growth – deleveraging, fiscal consolidation and the Euro crisis – are shared in Scotland.
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State of the economy
5th March 2012 by John Swinney MSP
The Scottish Government’s Chief Economist today published the quarterly State of the Economy report, which provides further evidence that supports my calls to the Chancellor to use the Budget to invest more in capital projects, take action to boost lending to business and build consumer confidence.