Scottish currency
![Professor Richard Murphy spoke to the pro-independence parties about economics](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17349785.jpg)
![Professor Richard Murphy spoke to the pro-independence parties about economics](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17349785.jpg)
COMMENT
![The trends are grim for Scotland under the Barnett formula](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10385646.jpg)
![The trends are grim for Scotland under the Barnett formula](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10385646.jpg)
LETTERS
![John Swinney can take on questions around a Scottish currency](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18071611.jpg)
![John Swinney can take on questions around a Scottish currency](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18071611.jpg)
COMMENT
![Scotland's euro membership would raise five significant economic challenges](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10722607.jpg)
![Scotland's euro membership would raise five significant economic challenges](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10722607.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![Questions swirl around the currency used in an independent Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/6913989.jpg)
![Questions swirl around the currency used in an independent Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/6913989.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![Fadhel Kaboub points to wealth extraction as key](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17875872.jpg)
![Fadhel Kaboub points to wealth extraction as key](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17875872.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![The Bank of England in the City of London](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17868986.jpg)
![The Bank of England in the City of London](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17868986.jpg)
COMMENT
![File photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818507.jpg)
![File photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818507.jpg)
COMMENT
![Generic photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818523.jpg)
![Generic photograph of euro notes of different denominations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818523.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![An independent Scotland will become a currency issuer with the full range of fiscal powers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17814252.jpg)
![An independent Scotland will become a currency issuer with the full range of fiscal powers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17814252.jpg)
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![Education pioneer Flora Stevenson on the Royal Bank of Scotland £50 note](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17795706.jpg)
![Education pioneer Flora Stevenson on the Royal Bank of Scotland £50 note](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17795706.jpg)
![The approach to private funds taken by Margaret Thatcher continues to this day](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11681471.jpg)
![The approach to private funds taken by Margaret Thatcher continues to this day](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11681471.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
![The Bank of England is keeping interest rates high unnecessarily, argues Richard Murphy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17695308.jpg)
![The Bank of England is keeping interest rates high unnecessarily, argues Richard Murphy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17695308.jpg)
COMMENT
![Ian Stewart discusses how we can rebuild Scotland's economy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17714522.jpg)
![Ian Stewart discusses how we can rebuild Scotland's economy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17714522.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![History on the currency question cannot be allowed to repeat itself, writes John Randall](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12246451.jpg)
![History on the currency question cannot be allowed to repeat itself, writes John Randall](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12246451.jpg)
COMMENT
![A strategy on currency would have made a huge difference in 2014](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9474337.jpg)
![A strategy on currency would have made a huge difference in 2014](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9474337.jpg)
LETTERS
![Why would an independent Scotland put its faith in the UK Treasury post-independence, asks Dr Robbie Mochrie](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9480929.jpg)
![Why would an independent Scotland put its faith in the UK Treasury post-independence, asks Dr Robbie Mochrie](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9480929.jpg)
COMMENT
![The Faroe Islands lie 200 miles north-west of Shetland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/4449481.jpg)
![The Faroe Islands lie 200 miles north-west of Shetland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/4449481.jpg)
COMMENT
![A piggy bank](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16211350.jpg)
![A piggy bank](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16211350.jpg)
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![A central bank and a currency are basic requirements to apply to join the EU](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14314878.jpg)
![A central bank and a currency are basic requirements to apply to join the EU](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14314878.jpg)
Letters
![The Scottish Currency Group looks at some key questions around a new Scottish pound](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16005733.jpg)
![The Scottish Currency Group looks at some key questions around a new Scottish pound](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16005733.jpg)
COMMENT
![Scotland can shape its financial destiny by freeing itself from the Bank of England](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16612570.jpg)
![Scotland can shape its financial destiny by freeing itself from the Bank of England](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16612570.jpg)
COMMENT
![What a Scots currency switch will mean for the average person?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16876368.jpg)
![What a Scots currency switch will mean for the average person?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16876368.jpg)
EXPLAINED
![It’s a case I have been making for many years.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16869157.jpg)
![It’s a case I have been making for many years.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16869157.jpg)
COMMENT
![An informal currency union with the British pound sterling after independence would make it harder to join the EU, an expert has said](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16855346.jpg)
![An informal currency union with the British pound sterling after independence would make it harder to join the EU, an expert has said](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16855346.jpg)
![Pound coins roll off the production line at the Royal Mint](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16834035.jpg)
![Pound coins roll off the production line at the Royal Mint](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16834035.jpg)
NEWSLETTER
!['Essentially what you would need is full Scottish monetary autonomy'.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16778578.jpg)
!['Essentially what you would need is full Scottish monetary autonomy'.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16778578.jpg)
![Collection of the proposed new Scottish Currency](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12934808.jpg)
![Collection of the proposed new Scottish Currency](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12934808.jpg)
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![What lessons does Ireland have for an independent Scotland?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16729831.jpg)
![What lessons does Ireland have for an independent Scotland?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16729831.jpg)
COMMENT
![Staff on a hospital ward. An independent Scotland will need to spend time focusing on its health service in the early years, argues Jim Osborne](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13744515.jpg)
![Staff on a hospital ward. An independent Scotland will need to spend time focusing on its health service in the early years, argues Jim Osborne](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13744515.jpg)
COMMENT
![Could a Scottish currency help with the move towards a wellbeing economy?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7941172.jpg)
![Could a Scottish currency help with the move towards a wellbeing economy?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7941172.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Dr Tim Rideout: Why Scotland is not ‘too poor’ to have own currency](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9480929.jpg)
![Dr Tim Rideout: Why Scotland is not ‘too poor’ to have own currency](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9480929.jpg)
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![The Scottish Currency Group have prepared reports and addressed many of the issues which need to be addressed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9934815.jpg)
![The Scottish Currency Group have prepared reports and addressed many of the issues which need to be addressed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9934815.jpg)
Letters
![There are limits to what we can do until rUK starts talking to us in an adult fashion](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16612570.jpg)
![There are limits to what we can do until rUK starts talking to us in an adult fashion](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16612570.jpg)
Letters
![The SNP's economic spokesperson Stewart Hosie(centre) speaking at the Scotonomics conference in Dundee](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16598755.jpg)
![The SNP's economic spokesperson Stewart Hosie(centre) speaking at the Scotonomics conference in Dundee](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16598755.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![The panel on Friday evening considered of currency [L-R] Tim Rideout, Kairin van Sweden, Steven Hail via video link from Australia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16597921.jpg)
![The panel on Friday evening considered of currency [L-R] Tim Rideout, Kairin van Sweden, Steven Hail via video link from Australia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16597921.jpg)
SCOTONOMICS
![A prototype 'Scottish Ryal' made before the 2014 independence referendum. Photograph by Colin Mearns](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12934808.jpg)
![A prototype 'Scottish Ryal' made before the 2014 independence referendum. Photograph by Colin Mearns](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12934808.jpg)
![Dr Tim Rideout responds to some frequently asked questions about Scotland's future currency options](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16561472.jpg)
![Dr Tim Rideout responds to some frequently asked questions about Scotland's future currency options](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16561472.jpg)
COMMENT
![Ash Regan speaking at the launch of her campaign to take over as SNP leader and first minister](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16504880.jpg)
![Ash Regan speaking at the launch of her campaign to take over as SNP leader and first minister](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16504880.jpg)
![How would starting a Scottish currency work?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16450017.jpg)
![How would starting a Scottish currency work?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16450017.jpg)
COMMENT
![Professor Richard Murphy looks at how Westminster might deal with independence negotiations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16441083.jpg)
![Professor Richard Murphy looks at how Westminster might deal with independence negotiations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16441083.jpg)
Q&A
![Questions about issues like future adoption of the euro can be addressed in future referendums](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9444082.jpg)
![Questions about issues like future adoption of the euro can be addressed in future referendums](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9444082.jpg)
Letters
![Richard Murphy will be answering your questions on Scotland's future](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16419919.jpg)
![Richard Murphy will be answering your questions on Scotland's future](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16419919.jpg)
Q&A
![There is no need for government spending to be ‘burden’ on future generations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16402817.jpg)
![There is no need for government spending to be ‘burden’ on future generations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16402817.jpg)
COMMENT
![Money has at the same time captivated and appalled economists for centuries](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11250433.jpg)
![Money has at the same time captivated and appalled economists for centuries](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11250433.jpg)
COMMENT
!['Forgot the myths perpetrated about ‘national debt’ – Scotland needs its own currency as soon as possible after independence'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9480929.jpg)
!['Forgot the myths perpetrated about ‘national debt’ – Scotland needs its own currency as soon as possible after independence'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9480929.jpg)
COMMENT
![A Scottish state bank would be in full control of the issuing of currency](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16328461.jpg)
![A Scottish state bank would be in full control of the issuing of currency](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16328461.jpg)
Letters
![Could we pass specifically Scottish legislation to allow, indeed encourage, parallel pricing in and acceptance of the euro in all transactions?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9444082.jpg)
![Could we pass specifically Scottish legislation to allow, indeed encourage, parallel pricing in and acceptance of the euro in all transactions?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9444082.jpg)
Letters
![There is no such thing as a 'politically neutral' independence or a 'politically neutral' currency](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16173623.jpg)
![There is no such thing as a 'politically neutral' independence or a 'politically neutral' currency](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16173623.jpg)
Letters
![Confusion around Nicola Sturgeon's currency plans could sink the independence movement, SNP members have warned](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16229506.jpg)
![Confusion around Nicola Sturgeon's currency plans could sink the independence movement, SNP members have warned](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16229506.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Green MSP Ross Greer said 'nailing down a specific date and time' for a Scottish currency now would not be responsible](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16003451.jpg)
![Green MSP Ross Greer said 'nailing down a specific date and time' for a Scottish currency now would not be responsible](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16003451.jpg)
Letters
![There were warnings against an 'arbitrary timescale' on a Scottish currency](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13445812.jpg)
![There were warnings against an 'arbitrary timescale' on a Scottish currency](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13445812.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Currency remains a massive debate for the independence movement](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10385646.jpg)
![Currency remains a massive debate for the independence movement](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10385646.jpg)
LETTERS
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