Weekly update – A review of our latest economic commentary [Podcast] EP70

Cooper, Ben and Spowage, Mairi and Randolph, Hannah (2023) Weekly update – A review of our latest economic commentary [Podcast] EP70. Fraser of Allander Institute, Glasgow.

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Abstract

Ben Cooper is joined by Director, Professor Mairi Spowage and Economic and Policy Analyst Hannah Randolph to discuss the findings from the latest economic commentary including analysis of the latest economic data and discussion of the recent spring statement and the implications for Scotland. You can read the full economic here.: https://fraserofallander.org/publications/fai-economic-commentary-2023-q1/ Timestamps (00:31) The latest findings from the Economic Commentary (02:43) A review of the latest Scottish and UK economic data (04:16) What does the data suggest about the ongoing cost of living crisis? (05:55:) Economic inactivity and the Scottish labour market (08:07) The spring statement and implications for Scotland (13:37) Looking forward to the Scottish Business Monitor and the issues facing Scottish firms