Putting Scotland's deficit (according to GERS) in context and explaining why this nonsense happens
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019I have already commented on the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement, issued today. What the statement suggests is that Scotland ran a deficit on
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The GERS data is ludicrous: Scotland does not generate 60% of the UK's net fiscal deficit
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019I have had the GERS data for fifteen minutes when starting to write this. Don’t expect miracles as yet. But Table 1 told me most
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Whatever GERS reports today it's important to remember it's still CRAp - or a Completely Rubbish Approximation to the truth
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019Today is what is known as GERS day in Scotland. This means it is the day when the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement is published.
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Is Westminster trying to undermine Holyrood?
Monday, June 24th, 2019Ken Mathiason is a fairly regular commentator on this blog. He is Scottish and we share an interest in all things to do with accountancy,
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Scotland is being shafted by dodgy data from Westminster
Monday, June 3rd, 2019The Scottish government is just about to enter into a black hole of Westminster’s making. That this is the case is hardly surprising. It has
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GERS is not a meaningful account but is just a political stunt. It is time all nationalists treated it as such
Friday, August 24th, 2018I have been a critic of GERS. As a result I have exposed weaknesses in its methodology that I think are significant. Those weaknesses include
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Why won’t Scottish nationalists choose their own currency when it is the only way to get what they want?
Thursday, August 23rd, 2018There has been much, appropriate, criticism of the commentary in the media on yesterday’s GERS figures. The BBC represented them as if a fact i.e.
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GERS really is CRAP
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018It was largely by accident that I became a commentator on the Scottish government’s Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) statement about 18 months ago.
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The future of Scotland will be decided by money
Sunday, May 27th, 2018A little dust has settled on the report of the Scottish Growth Commission. Some unionists are trying to say the growth numbers don’t stack: on
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