Scotland would not be better off as an independent nation: results from the Centre for Macroeconomics June 2014 Survey

Would Scotland be better off in economic terms as an independent country? Not according to an overwhelming majority of respondents to the third monthly survey of the Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM) in June 2014, summarised in this column.

As the Scottish electorate prepares to vote on independence in September 2014, a smaller majority of the CFM experts agree that the UK would be acting in its own economic interests by ruling out a monetary union with an independent Scotland.

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• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Scotland's future: Your guide to an independent Scotland http://www.europeansources.info/record/scotlands-future-your-guide-to-an-independent-scotland/

ESO: Background information: Scottish independence: Rivals both say Scots 'better off with us' http://www.europeansources.info/record/scottish-independence-rivals-both-say-scots-better-off-with-us/

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