Scotland's Economy

  • State of the Economy Report

    23rd November 2012 by

    This State of the Economy Report comes four years after the height of the financial crisis in autumn 2008. At that time, most forecasters predicted that the world’s major economies would experience a sharp – but relatively short – recession.

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  • Chief Economist – State of the Economy

    31st July 2012 by

    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

    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.

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