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Scottish economic bulletin: November 2025

Provides a summary of latest key economic statistics, forecasts and analysis on the Scottish economy.


Data and Forecasts Summary

Outturn Data

Indicator

Latest Data

Next Release

Timeseries

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

GDP growth (3-month rolling %)

0.7% (Aug)

26 November

0.5

0.0

-0.3

0.2

0.6

0.7

n/a

n/a

n/a

Unemployment rate (%)

3.7% (Jul - Sep)

16 December

4.3

4.2

3.7

3.8

3.5

3.9

3.7

n/a

n/a

Real Earnings growth (YoY %)

2.3% (Sep)

19 November

3.2

1.7

1.7

2.0

2.3

2.7

2.3

n/a

n/a

Inflation rate (CPI YoY %)

3.8% (Sep)

19 November

2.6

3.5

3.4

3.6

3.8

3.8

3.8

n/a

n/a

BoE Base Rate (%)

4.00% (Nov)

18 December

4.50

4.50

4.25

4.25

4.25

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

Consumer Sentiment (Index)

-8.1 (Sep)

26 November

-8.0

-14.3

-5.5

-6.9

-8.8

-8.1

-8.1

n/a

n/a

Forecasts

Indicator

Organsiation

Date of Forecast

2025

2026

2027

2028

GDP growth (YoY %)

SFC

May 2025

1.1

1.8

1.7

1.6

Unemployment rate (%)

SFC

May 2025

4.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

Nominal Average Earnings growth (YoY %)

SFC

May 2025

4.3

3.9

3.0

2.9

Inflation rate (4Q rate in Q4)

BoE

November 2025

3.5

2.5

2.0

2.1

Contact

Email: economic.statistics@gov.scot

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