The Scottish economy [June 1998]

Yin, Ya Ping and Malloy, Eleanor and Le Tissier, Sarah and Low, Kenneth and Dunlop, Stewart and Gillespie, Gary and Lockyer, Cliff (1998) The Scottish economy [June 1998]. Quarterly Economic Commentary, 23 (3). pp. 7-24. ISSN 0306-7866

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Abstract

This section presents short-term forecasts for the quarterly growth rates of Scottish manufacturing (Division D of the 1992 SIC) output. Our previous forecast of the annual growth rate for Scottish manufacturing output for 1997 of 6.7% is close to the actual growth rate of 7.7%, as revealed in the latest Scottish Office News Release (6 May 1998).