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13 Oct 20256 min read
Exploring Regional Differences in Scotland's Economic Wellbeing
35% of Scottish people have low emergency resilience.
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2 Oct 20256 min read
Insights from September’s Economic Nowcast
Incomes shrink by 1.53%, and an extra 50,000 people are now struggling to make ends meet.
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9 Sep 202512 min read
Exploring Generational Differences in Scotland's Economic Wellbeing
18-39 year olds are 6 times more likely than the over 70s to have an overdrawn account.
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31 Aug 20258 min read
Updates on August's Economic Nowcast
Average weekly incomes are up 7.29%. Plus, regional breakdowns included for the first time.
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24 Jul 20259 min read
Democratising Data: How data visualisation tools empower the public sector
Data is everywhere, but making sense of it and turning it into action isn’t always easy. That’s where data visualisation tools come in.
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6 Jul 20256 min read
Insights from the June Economic Nowcast
Average weekly incomes continue to fall by 2.76% to £306 per week, taking £451 off the annual average income.
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2 Jul 202510 min read
New datasets help researchers uncover how Scotland spends, saves and struggles
6 new curated financial datasets to support research and policy insights into poverty, inequality and economic wellbeing.
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