Monthly economic brief: 2016 to 2020

The attached briefs provide a summary of:

• key economic events
• output data for the Scottish and UK economies
• labour market data for Scotland and the UK
• a summary of recent UK inflation trends and the monetary policy response
• Scottish and UK retail sector data
• Scotland's manufactured exports data
• a summary of recent Scottish surveys
• recent forecasts of the UK and Scottish economies

Underneath the latest brief (February 2020) are those from previous months (back to October 2016).