SE/2005/57
Laid before the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Ministers, April 2005.
ISBN 0 7559 4597 2
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Preface
1 SCOTTISH ECONOMY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
1.1 Recent Performance
1.1.1 Output
1.1.2 Labour Market
1.2 Medium-Term Sectoral Performance
1.2.1 Service Sector
1.2.2 Manufacturing
1.2.3 Agriculture Sector
1.2.4 Construction
1.3 Oil & Gas
1.4 Housing
1.5 Future Prospects
1.6 Summary Of Main Economic Indicators
2 GLOBAL, EUROPEAN AND UK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
2.1 Scotland In The Global, EU And UK Context
2.2 UK Economy
2.2.1 Overview
2.2.2 Output and Demand
2.2.3 Labour Market
2.2.4 Incomes
2.2.5 Public Finances and the Budget Report
2.2.6 Monetary Policy
2.2.7 UK Housing Market
2.3 Global Developments
2.3.1 Eurozone
2.3.2 United States
2.3.3 Japan
2.3.4 Developing Economies
2.3.5 Indian Ocean Tsunami
3 THE FRAMEWORK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SCOTLAND
3.1 Overview
3.2 A Smart, Successful Scotland
3.2.1 Working in partnership
3.2.2 Retaining the three themes
3.2.3 Progress to date
3.2.4 Outlook
3.3 Building a Better Scotland: Efficient Government - Securing Efficiency, Effectiveness and Productivity
4 SELECTED ECONOMIC ISSUES
4.1 Factors Influencing The Scottish Housing Market
4.1.1 Introduction
4.1.2 Housing demand
4.1.3 Land supply
4.1.4 Land Use
4.1.5 Conclusions
4.2 Business Survival and Growth: The Relative Influence of Location, Age, Size and Sector
4.2.1 Executive Summary
4.2.2 Introduction
4.2.3 Business Characteristics in Isolation
4.2.4 Business Characteristics in Combination
4.2.5 Conclusions