State of the Economy: June 2019

Recent developments in the global, UK and Scottish economies, and analysis of the performance of, and outlook for, the Scottish economy.

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Footnotes

1 https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/QNA2018Q4

2 https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/PubRSI/RSIS2019Q1

3 Macrobond: British Retail Sales Consortium – Y/Y% Footfall data.

4 https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/QNA2018Q4

5 https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx

6 https://tradingnation.mygov.scot/

7 https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market

8 https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0054/00547576.pdf

9 https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/23fbc4bf6d0d4c46a9abd1ccec237019

10 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-real-time-information-experimental-statistics

11 https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/PROD18Q4

12 IHS Markit RBS Purchasing Managers Index (May 2019); FSB Small Business Index (Q1 2019); Scottish Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Indicator (Q1 2019); Scottish Engineering Quarterly Economic Review (June 2019).

13 https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/ed1dd560c1a6478d89ef961984a6a181

14 https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/inflation-report/2019/may-2019

15 https://fraserofallander.org/scottish-economy/the-latest-fraser-of-allander-scottish-business-monitor/

16 https://www.ey.com/uk/en/issues/business-environment/ey-scotland-attractiveness-survey-2019

17 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/SCSI

18 https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-natural-capital-ecosystem-service-accounts-2019/pages/1/

19 Recent guidance provides a framework for assessing whether an intervention may affect stocks of natural capital and how to appraise the impact of interventions on natural capital. See HM Treasury (2018). The Green Book: Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation.

20 Scottish Fiscal Commission (http://www.fiscalcommission.scot/publications/scotlands-economic-and-fiscal-forecasts/scotlands-economic-and-fiscal-forecasts-may-2019/); Fraser of Allander Institute (https://www.strath.ac.uk/business/economics/fraserofallanderinstitute/publications/commentary/); EY ITEM Club (https://www.ey.com/uk/en/issues/business-environment/ey-scottish-item-club-forecast-2019); PWC (https://www.pwc.co.uk/services/economics-policy/insights/uk-economic-outlook.html).

21 https://www.gov.scot/publications/deal-brexit-economic-implications-scotland/

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