It has been evident for some time that 2008 was likely to be a year of slow economic growth. The leading indicators for house building that emerged last year suggested that this sector would contract in 2008. The absence of an SSIA effect also pointed to lower consumption growth in 2008. In the more recent weeks and months, most of the international developments are such that they will have the effect of compounding the difficulties that the economy is facing this year. Among these developments are the appreciation of the euro, the slowing in economic growth in the United States and the on-going difficulties in international financial markets
On foot of the substantial growth performance in 2015, the Irish economy looks set to continue to gr...
Initial official estimates indicate that the Irish economy grew by 7.8 per cent in 2017. Preliminary...
The international economy is in a period of great uncertainty. On both sides of the Atlantic, govern...
The forecasts in this Commentary, especially for 2009, illustrate how the Irish economy is in the mi...
The recent trend of downward revisions to our previous forecasts continues in this Commentary in the...
One of the most noteworthy elements within this Commentary is the extent to which we have revised do...
This Commentary is being prepared at a time when the world’s financial markets are in a state of unp...
According to the preliminary estimates contained in the Quarterly National Accounts for December 200...
In recent months, economic indicators and data have produced a mixed picture of the performance of t...
Real growth in GNP is estimated to be 4.4 per cent in 2007. This means that 2007 has been another ye...
It is hard to overstate what a difficult year 2009 has been for the Irish economy. We now expect tha...
The pace of the Irish recovery would appear to be increasing; the latest National Accounts indicate ...
Exports of both Irish goods and Irish services have performed well over much of the recession. Indee...
The Institute publishes its Medium-Term Review approximately every eighteen months. The Review attem...
The Irish economy continues to perform significantly better than most OECD economies and is once aga...
On foot of the substantial growth performance in 2015, the Irish economy looks set to continue to gr...
Initial official estimates indicate that the Irish economy grew by 7.8 per cent in 2017. Preliminary...
The international economy is in a period of great uncertainty. On both sides of the Atlantic, govern...
The forecasts in this Commentary, especially for 2009, illustrate how the Irish economy is in the mi...
The recent trend of downward revisions to our previous forecasts continues in this Commentary in the...
One of the most noteworthy elements within this Commentary is the extent to which we have revised do...
This Commentary is being prepared at a time when the world’s financial markets are in a state of unp...
According to the preliminary estimates contained in the Quarterly National Accounts for December 200...
In recent months, economic indicators and data have produced a mixed picture of the performance of t...
Real growth in GNP is estimated to be 4.4 per cent in 2007. This means that 2007 has been another ye...
It is hard to overstate what a difficult year 2009 has been for the Irish economy. We now expect tha...
The pace of the Irish recovery would appear to be increasing; the latest National Accounts indicate ...
Exports of both Irish goods and Irish services have performed well over much of the recession. Indee...
The Institute publishes its Medium-Term Review approximately every eighteen months. The Review attem...
The Irish economy continues to perform significantly better than most OECD economies and is once aga...
On foot of the substantial growth performance in 2015, the Irish economy looks set to continue to gr...
Initial official estimates indicate that the Irish economy grew by 7.8 per cent in 2017. Preliminary...
The international economy is in a period of great uncertainty. On both sides of the Atlantic, govern...