This week, both the Higher and Advanced Higher Economics classes attended an economics seminar at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Corporate Division at Marischal Square. The bank’s senior economist, Philip Bartlett, gave us an insight into the current topical economic issues being debated in the media; namely, inflation, the impact of rising interest rates, real wages, low productivity in the UK, government spending, the possible consequences of an ageing population, and the divergent views on the future impact of artificial intelligence on the economy. Information surrounding these topics was given to us in a series of slides and students were also informed about the work of an economist and given advice on studying economics at university. A lively question and answer session brought the event to a close and we were very grateful for the selection of refreshments provided to us by RBS!