A leading bank's warning that a Yes vote could be a mistake akin to those that sparked the Great Depression has threatened to overshadow the biggest weekend of political campaigning in Scotland's history.
At least 2.6 million leaflets will be delivered to households in 48 hours as polls suggest Thursday's vote is on a knife-edge.
An estimated 10,000 people attended a rally by the Orange Order in support of the Union in Edinburgh on Saturday - and their cause has been backed by Deutsche Bank.
The financial institution claims the economic arguments against independence are "overwhelming".
Coverage starts at 9pm Chief economist David Folkerts-Landau said a Yes vote could be a "mistake as large as Winston Churchill's decision in 1925 to return the pound to the Gold Standard or the failure of the Federal Reserve to provide sufficient liquidity to the US banking system, which we now know brought on the Great Depression in the US".
Mr Folkerts-Landau said he found it "incomprehensible" that Scots were even contemplating withdrawal from the UK.
Scotland's SNP Government accused him of failing to take into account the country's "strong fiscal position".
However, the comments were followed by another blow for the Yes campaign as three more retailers said customers would be hit by higher prices under independence.
Alex Salmond's cause will be backed by 35,000 volunteers this weekend Marks and Spencer, B&Q and Timpson made the claim in a joint letter published in the Daily Record.
Asda and John Lewis made similar assertions this week, but Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Yes campaign's "momentum is still growing and will soon become unstoppable, as people reject the Downing Street-orchestrated campaign to talk Scotland down".
The Yes side has planned to have more than 35,000 volunteers on the streets of Scotland over the weekend, manning 473 registered street stalls.
Meanwhile, former prime minister Gordon Brown is trying to persuade the public to vote No in the country's east.
An estimated 10,000 people attended a rally by the Orange Order The latest opinion poll by ICM in Saturday's Guardian put decided voters 51-49% in favour of No.
Many of Britain's newspapers reported on comments by a former SNP deputy leader which appeared to threaten recriminations against businesses that backed a No vote.
Jim Sillars said there would be "a day of reckoning with BP and the banks" if Scotland votes Yes, adding that BP would "need to learn the meaning of nationalisation".
In a fiery interview with Sky News, Mr Sillars said he was simply using "robust" language to draw attention to the "orchestrated fear campaign coming from Downing Street".
A sign of support for the Union during the Orange Order march First Minister Alex Salmond praised Mr Sillars's dedication to the campaign but said rather than a "day of reckoning", a Yes vote would be followed by a "day of celebration".
He added: "The people are showing no signs whatsoever of being cowed. They are in no mood to be bullied by big Westminster government putting pressure on big business to intimidate the people of Scotland."
Elsewhere, a poll among English voters for the Daily Mail found that while 70% want Scotland to stay in the Union, if they do go 53% believed Scotland should not be able to keep the pound, and 83% think Scotland should be forced to take its share of the multi-billion pound national debt.
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