Hannah Randolph

Dec 6, 2024 | fraserofallander.org | Mairi Spowage |Hannah Randolph |David Jack |Allison A. Catalano

The Scottish Government published a number of documents alongside the budget yesterday, including a distributional analysis which considers the impact of announcements on different types of households.

Dec 6, 2024 | fraserofallander.org | Hannah Randolph |Emma Congreve

FAI Deputy Directors Emma Congreve and João Sousa join economist Hannah Randolph to discuss the Scottish Budget for 2025-26. We discuss the surprise announcement about mitigation of the two-child limit, spending on housing, and hospitality relief. We conclude by talking through the implications of omitting employers National Insurance rises from the forecasts on public sector pay, including potential issues for local councils in setting their budgets for next year.

Dec 4, 2024 | fraserofallander.org | Mairi Spowage |Emma Congreve |Brodie Gillan |Hannah Randolph

It was a Scottish Budget where what was left unsaid was just as consequential as what Shona Robison mentioned in her 30-minute statement to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government will be hoping for many of the headlines to focus on the mitigation of the effect of the two-child limit from 2026-27. The Finance Secretary left this until last in the order to ensure maximum impact.

Nov 26, 2024 | fraserofallander.org | Hannah Randolph

FAI economist Hannah Randolph is joined by Luke Michaelides and Phil Gooding from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Consumer Prices team to talk about inflation statistics. We cover what measures of inflation are produced by ONS, how they differ, and recent developments in methodology and the data underlying the statistics. We end by discussing how inflation rates impact households and businesses. The ONS personal inflation rate calculator can be found here.