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Read the latest blogs exploring how our data is being used to tackle poverty and promote economic wellbeing.

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7 Nov 2025

From Macro to Micro: Complementing Regional Analyses with Smart Data Foundry

We explore financial wellbeing with TPI to illustrate how top-down regional analyses can be enriched with bottom-up insights accessible to researchers
ResearchPartnershipEconomic Wellbeing
3 Nov 2025

Updates from the October Economic Nowcast

Across GB average proportion of people living beyond their means is 13%
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
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13 Oct 2025

Exploring Regional Differences in Scotland's Economic Wellbeing

35% of Scottish people have low emergency resilience.
InsightsEconomic WellbeingIncome VolatilityCost of Living Crisis
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2 Oct 2025

Insights from September’s Economic Nowcast

Incomes shrink by 1.53%, and an extra 50,000 people are now struggling to make ends meet.
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
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9 Sep 2025

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.
Economic WellbeingIncome VolatilityCost of Living Crisis
31 Aug 2025

Updates on August's Economic Nowcast

Average weekly incomes are up 7.29%. Plus, regional breakdowns included for the first time.
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
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24 Jul 2025

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.
InsightsPolicyEconomic Wellbeing
A woman with curly hair sits at a table adding up bills
6 Jul 2025

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 2025

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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