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Scottish Fiscal Commission
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Scotland's official, independent economic and fiscal forecaster. If you'd like to contact us please go to our website www.fiscalcommission.scot
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Scottish Fiscal Commission @scotfisccomm.bsky.social · Sep 16
We have published our Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives paper considering how climate change mitigation could affect the Scottish Government’s fiscal sustainability. Read it here: bit.ly/46hZaFV
This thread summarises some key points from the report. 1/4
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Today our chair wrote to the Finance and Public Administration Committee about our Budget forecast timetable. Read it here: fiscalcommission.scot/wp-content/u...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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We have two new Commissioners - Dr Eleanor Ryan and Justine Riccomini who start with us today, as Professor David Ulph and Professor Francis Breedon stand down at the end of their terms.

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New Commissioners Appointed to Scottish Fiscal Commission – 8 October 2025 | Scottish Fiscal Commission
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October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The Cabinet Secretary for Finance has written to our Chair with formal notification that she will present the Scottish Government's Budget for 2026-27 on Tuesday 13 January 2026. We'll publish our next set of forecasts at the same time.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Today we held a public webinar covering our recent Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives: Climate Change Mitigation report. You can watch the recording on YouTube: youtube.com/live/8rxQorCIuDA
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September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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You are invited to our free webinar at 10am tomorrow, 17 September, which will cover our recent Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives: Climate Change Mitigation report. You can register for it here: bit.ly/4gdw5A2
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September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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We have published our Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives paper considering how climate change mitigation could affect the Scottish Government’s fiscal sustainability. Read it here: bit.ly/46hZaFV
This thread summarises some key points from the report. 1/4
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September 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Tomorrow at 9:30 we’ll publish our Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives paper focused on how climate change mitigation could affect the Scottish Government’s fiscal sustainability. Follow us to get the key messages and sign up for our public webinar here: bit.ly/4gdw5A2
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September 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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A week today, we’ll be publishing our Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives paper focused on how climate change mitigation could affect the Scottish Government’s fiscal sustainability. Follow us to get the headlines and sign up for our public webinar here: bit.ly/4gdw5A2
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September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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We’ve just published two reports: our Fiscal Update considering the implications of new information for the Scottish funding outlook and looking ahead to upcoming fiscal events, and our Forecast Evaluation Report. This thread summarises some key points from the reports. 1/9
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August 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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We are recruiting an analyst for a 6 months fixed-term appointment. You can find out more here: bit.ly/3UpXPHH
Applications close on the 26th of August.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A week today, we’ll publish two reports, our Forecast Evaluation Report and a Fiscal Update which considers the implications for the Scottish Government’s fiscal outlook of new information that became available since June 2025. Follow us here to get the key messages on the day.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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In two weeks, we’ll publish two reports, our Forecast Evaluation Report and a Fiscal Update which considers the implications for the Scottish Government’s fiscal outlook of new information that has become available since June 2025.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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We are recruiting an analyst for a 6 months fixed-term appointment. You can find out more here: bit.ly/3UpXPHH
We are hosting an information webinar on the18th of August at 12:00 pm.
Applications close on the 26th of August.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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We have published our update on the Scottish Government’s Medium-Term Financial Strategy. You can find it here: bit.ly/4lfanwU

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June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Tomorrow afternoon we publish our update on the Scottish Government’s Medium-Term Financial Strategy. Follow us on social media to see our key charts and takeaways.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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📅 We will publish our update on the Scottish Government’s Medium Term Financial Strategy next Wednesday. Follow us on social media to see our key charts and takeaways that day.
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June 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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We're recruiting two Analysts (deadline 23:59 29 June).
🔗 Economic Analyst: bit.ly/3Zc3UKI
🔗 Public Funding Analyst: bit.ly/3Hn6A1V
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June 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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📩 In two weeks we’ll publish our update on the Scottish Government’s Medium Term Financial Strategy. If you’re not already signed up, you can register to get our reports sent straight to your inbox here: scot.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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June 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📺 Tomorrow at 09:30, we will appear at @SP_FinancePAC to give evidence on our latest economic and fiscal forecasts for Scotland. #ScotBudget

You can watch us live at scottishparliament.tv or find the recording within a day or two on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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We're recruiting two new Commissioners (deadline 12:00 10 June), and two Analysts (deadline 23:59 29 June).

🔗 Commissioners: bit.ly/4dh1SyL
🔗 Economic Analyst: bit.ly/3Zc3UKI
🔗 Public Funding Analyst: bit.ly/3Hn6A1V
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June 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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On the 29th of May, we held a public webinar covering our latest economic and fiscal forecasts for Scotland. You can watch the recording on YouTube.
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=s5F0...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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We're recruiting two new Commissioners (deadline 12:00 10 June), and two Analysts (deadline 23:59 29 June).

🔗 Commissioners: bit.ly/4dh1SyL
🔗 Economic Analyst: bit.ly/3Zc3UKI
🔗 Public Funding Analyst: bit.ly/3Hn6A1V
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June 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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We have published our latest economic and fiscal forecasts for Scotland. You can find them here: bit.ly/3Z6W19f

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May 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Tomorrow morning at 09:30 we publish our five-year economic and fiscal forecasts for Scotland. Follow us on X, Bluesky, and Linkedin to get the headlines, and sign up for our (same-day!) public webinar here: bit.ly/43saYnC
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May 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📅 You’re invited to a public webinar on our economic and fiscal forecasts on Thursday 29 May, 13:00 to 14:00. Our Chair, @graemeroy.bsky.social, will lead the session. You can register for this online event here: bit.ly/43saYnC
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May 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM