# irish-economy - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
# Emigration
# Emigration
Only five per cent of workers are sure the economy will improve by 2014 – with two-thirds believing it will continue to flag.
# Consumer Sentiment
# Consumer Sentiment
Consumers are more confident about the labour market, but less so about their own futures, new research shows.
# irish-economy - Wednesday 1 June, 2011
# Unemployment
# Unemployment
Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the numbers signing on jumped by 2,600 in the month of May.
# irish-economy - Tuesday 31 May, 2011
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
In today’s Fix: Irish economy forecast to shrink this year; Aer Lingus pilots threaten industrial action; ‘sexy’ TDs; and the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic.
# Dáil Éireann
# Dáil Éireann
Opposition leaders try to make hay from a spate of cabinet disputes, but the Taoiseach insists Ireland’s economy will recover.
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Forget predictions of a modest growth – Ernst & Young’s forecast believes Ireland’s economy will contract by 2.3 per cent.
# irish-economy - Thursday 26 May, 2011
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Nine things you need to know by 9am: OECD calls for dole to be cut; Sellafield to be stress-tested by the EU; and why Cheryl Cole was dropped from the US X Factor.
# irish-economy - Friday 20 May, 2011
# Bailout 2?
# Bailout 2?
The current market conditions won’t allow Ireland to borrow through normal means by next year – leaving us in the lurch.
# irish-economy - Monday 16 May, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
Ministers tell us the country will collapse if we burn the bondholders – but this is just a scare tactic. The Government has real options in dealing with debt, writes economist Michael Taft.
# irish-economy - Friday 13 May, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Olli Rehn tells a briefing that Ireland’s economy will grow by 0.6 per cent – further bolstering the case for a bailout rate cut.
# irish-economy - Thursday 12 May, 2011
# Inflation
# Inflation
The Consumer Price Index rises 3.2 per cent, fuelled by a surge in the price of domestic utilities and housing.
# irish-economy - Thursday 5 May, 2011
# Live Register
# Live Register
Ireland’s rate of unemployment now stands at 14.6 per cent, down 0.1 from last month, with 439,200 signing on.
# irish-economy - Wednesday 4 May, 2011
# Exchequer
# Exchequer
The Minister for Finance says figures being published today will show the economy as being “better than on track”.
# irish-economy - Tuesday 3 May, 2011
# Manufacturing
# Manufacturing
The pace of growth in manufacturing rose slightly in April, while new orders also remain strong according to NCB.
# irish-economy - Thursday 28 April, 2011
# Retail
# Retail
The volume of retail sales rises by 0.1 per cent since February, but is down on last year – confirming a worrying trend.
# irish-economy - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Monthly factory prices fell again in March, but at a slower rate than in the previous year, new statistics show.
# irish-economy - Monday 25 April, 2011
# Happiness
From The Daily Edge
# Happiness
A new Gallup survey of international wellbeing sees Ireland comes 9th out of 124 countries in how they rank their lives.
# irish-economy - Monday 11 April, 2011
# irish-economy - Monday 4 April, 2011
# Exchequer
# Exchequer
Ireland spent €7.07bn more than it earned in the first three months of 2011 – a major jump on the €3.94bn from last year.
# irish-economy - Thursday 31 March, 2011
# Stress Tests
# Stress Tests
The economist’s view: Ronan Lyons says the aim of the game is to convince the markets that Irish banks are still open.
# irish-economy - Wednesday 30 March, 2011
# Live Register
# Live Register
1,100 more people were signing on March, up by almost 11,000 on the same time last year but down on September’s peak.
# irish-economy - Thursday 24 March, 2011
# Economy
# Economy
Confidence may be returning slowly to the Irish economy but funds to finance acquisitions are still hard to come by.
# Double Dip?
# Double Dip?
The latest statistics from the CSO show that GDP fell by 1.6 per cent – but GNP rose – with overall declines for 2010.
# Bondwatch
# Bondwatch
The costs of borrowing for both Ireland and Portugal take a battering in the aftermath of the latter’s prime minister quitting.
# irish-economy - Monday 7 March, 2011
# Bailout
# Bailout
As the Programme for Government agrees to seek a lower interest rate, Europe asks the main economies to look kindly.
# irish-economy - Tuesday 1 March, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Ambitious programmes for government and national pay deals ‘overwhelmed’ the Budget process, a review claims.
# irish-economy - Saturday 19 February, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
The President of the European Commission tells an audience in Cambridge he expects Ireland to recover from its fiscal woes.
# irish-economy - Tuesday 8 February, 2011
# Irish Economy
From Business ETC
# Irish Economy
Ireland’s economic recovery will be two-tier, says the stockbroking agency, with exports booming but weak domestic demand.
# irish-economy - Thursday 3 February, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Is FG changing its policies every day? Does Labour want to hand power to the EU? Is FF’s plan vague with “woolly targets”?
# irish-economy - Monday 31 January, 2011
# Take 5
# Take 5
Micheál Martin names Mary Hanafin a Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil; Ivor Callely has been awarded almost €17,000 for loss of earnings over his quashed Seanad suspension; and house premiums are set to rise by as much as 15 per cent.
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
Three months ago the Central Bank thought the economy would grow by 2.4 per cent in 2011 – now it’s just 1 per cent.
# Poverty
# Poverty
The last 24 years – which saw Fianna Fáil in power for 21 – saw the top 10% of earners gain most, a new report says.
# irish-economy - Saturday 29 January, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
The end of the Civil War? If Fine Gael pledge to enact the Four Year Plan, Fianna Fáil would return the Tallaght Strategy.
# irish-economy - Thursday 27 January, 2011
# Payday
# Payday
Enquiries to make contact with financial institutions and counselling services saw a hike as workers find a hole in their January pay packet.
# irish-economy - Wednesday 26 January, 2011
# Exports
# Exports
The value of Irish exports in November 2010 was €4bn more than the amount we imported – for the second straight month.
# irish-economy - Monday 24 January, 2011
# GE11
# GE11
Guess what the world’s press makes of Ireland’s latest political woes? No prizes for guessing: they don’t think it’s good.
# irish-economy - Thursday 20 January, 2011
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
The think-tank’s latest quarterly bulletin scales back its estimation for economic growth – from 2.25% to 1.5%.
# irish-economy - Wednesday 12 January, 2011
# Economic Freedom
# Economic Freedom
Ireland’s ‘freedom score’ drops moderately on last year – but we still have more freedom than any other EU state.
# irish-economy - Friday 17 December, 2010
# Bond Markets
# Bond Markets
Ireland goes from Aa2 to Baa1 in one swoop – and now lies just a few notches above being officially ‘junk’.
# irish-economy - Thursday 16 December, 2010
# Irish Economy
# Irish Economy
The threat of a double-dip seems off the cards: Ireland’s economy was back in positive territory for the third quarter.
