Monthly economic brief: 2016 to 2018

The attached brief provides 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 are those from previous months. They appear as follows:

• October (latest)
• September 2018
• August 2018
• July 2018
• June 2018
• May 2018
• April 2018
• March 2018
• February 2018
• January 2018
• November 2017
• October 2017
• September 2017
• August 2017
• July 2017
• June 2017
• May 2017
• April 2017
• March 2017
• February 2017
• January 2017
• November 2016
• October 2016