Andrew Jonathan Hughes Hallett FRSE (1 November 1947 [1] – 31 December 2019 [2]) was a British economist.
Scottish Council of Economic Advisers Andrew Hughes Hallett served as a member from its inauguration in 2007 until after the 2014 Independence Referendum.
Commissioner, Scottish Fiscal Commission The Fiscal Commission is responsible for scrutinizing and evaluating the government's forecasts for the revenues from devolved taxes, GDP, the implications for public debt and deficits, and to a limited degree recommending improvements if sustainability would be threatened.
Scottish Growth Commission Charged with designing an economic framework for an independent or financially autonomous Scotland, and policy arrangements to support it..
This includes a system of fiscal rules, debt control, currency choice, a financial regulation system to meet Scotland's needs, trading arrangements under Brexit, growth policies, diversification, a sovereign wealth fund.