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Most of the other opinion pieces that discuss the price of oil around this time of the year reflect on what happened in 2017 and try to predict what will possibly happen in 2018. This opinion piece written by Dr Marc Grownwald, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of…

The Scottish Government recently proposed to use its new fiscal powers to increase income tax rates for high earners and to introduce new rates: a lower basic rate of 19p in the pound will be introduced for those earning between £11,850 and £13,850, and a new ‘intermediate’ rate of 21%…

Dr Zangelidis, senior lecturer in Economics at the University of Aberdeen Business School, last week gave evidence to the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee at the Scottish Parliament. He shares his thoughts about how the Labour market has changed in the past decade.

The Great Recession has caused significant…

In the last of our series of opinions about this week's autumn budget, Professor Ioannis Theodossiou, Centre for European Labour Market Research (CELMR) from the University of Aberdeen Business School provides us with his views on some key areas.

This week’s budget statement by the Chancellor is rife with folly…

Alex Kemp, Professor of Petroleum Economics and Director of Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance at the University of Aberdeen Business School, shares his thoughts about tax changes for oil and gas fields in the North Sea.

In the Autumn Budget 2017 the UK Government unveiled a…

Following the autumn budget 2017, Dr Keith Bender, SIRE Professor of Economics from the University of Aberdeen Business School shares his thoughts.

The Autumn Budget released today has some fairly bad news for workers. Perhaps the biggest worry is the downgraded forecasts of growth in GDP announced by the Chancellor…

Following the announcement by the Bank of England to raise interest rates, Economists from the University of Aberdeen Business School share their thoughts.

The Bank of England rises the interest rate: Was this the right time?

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The Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates…