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Economics

Economics

Lack of competition explains banks’ reluctance to improve savings rates – Central Bank chief

Gabriel Makhlouf says bank would like to see lenders move quicker to pass ECB interest rate hikes onto savers
  • Donal MacNamee
  • September 20, 2023
Budget 2024

John Walsh: Fine Gael misreads mood of electorate, while Sinn Féin waits in the wings

With its focus on tax cuts, Fine Gael looks like it is about to make the same mistake for the third consecutive election
  • John Walsh
  • September 17, 2023

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UK

Sharp British economic contraction raises fresh fears over impact of rate hikes

Economists had forecast a 0.2 per cent decline for the month
  • Business Post
  • September 13, 2023
Economics

EU downgrades growth forecast, cites contracting German economy

The bloc’s biggest economy had been expected to grow this year, but now looks set to decline by 0.4 per cent
  • Bloomberg
  • September 11, 2023
The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: Arm looks to Nasdaq IPO to recapture its long-lost mojo as investors swoon

Under SoftBank’s careless ownership, this small but promising tech firm’s fortunes stalled. It remains to be seen if its much-hyped IPO can rescue it
  • Vincent Boland
  • September 10, 2023
The Big Picture

Vincent Boland: German economy will need to harness its heft to achieve takeoff

The heavyweight of Europe, there is no doubt the country has the skills and resources required to do what it takes to become more dynamic and sustainable, but it seems to lack the courage to try
  • Vincent Boland
  • September 3, 2023
Business Post's View

Editorial: China’s economic woes could have repercussions for us all

All eyes are on president Xi Jinping as he attempts to steer his country’s economy out of its current slump and back to growth
  • Business Post
  • September 3, 2023
Comment

John Walsh: GDP is out of date – it’s time we found another way to measure economic growth

The universal metric is inherently gender biased and fails to take in other factors such as the environment and societal issues
  • John Walsh
  • August 27, 2023
Marion McKeone in America

Donald Trump’s legal dramas have drowned out Joe Biden’s solid economic results

By most measures the US economy is doing very well, but the message doesn’t seem to be cutting through the noise
  • Marion McKeone
  • August 11, 2023
Economics

High prices, strong growth and a poor climate showing: ranking Ireland against other EU states

Five things you need to know about how the Ireland measures up to our European counterparts, economically and socially speaking
  • Donal MacNamee
  • August 8, 2023
Stock Take

Ellie Donnelly: Smurfit sales drop points to a further easing of inflation

The Irish packaging giant’s results suggest that rising interest rates are starting to tame price rises
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • August 4, 2023
UK

UK economic growth slows as private sector stalls

British economy is still growing, but has sank to weakest point in six months
  • Business Post
  • July 24, 2023
Economy

Seismic slump leaves investors panicked over dollar’s future

It just may have been the week that broke the greenback
  • Business Post
  • July 16, 2023
Economy

Economics and politics clash as government launches €6.4bn summer economic statement

Breaching its own 5 per cent spending rule once again is necessary in light of inflation, Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe maintain
  • Daniel Murrayand
  • Lorcan Allen
  • July 9, 2023
Analysis

Aidan Regan: If Ireland is so rich, why does it feel so darned poor?

We have jobs aplenty, decent salaries and a highly competitive international sector – but we also have shockingly poor public infrastructure and understaffed public services
  • Aidan Regan
  • June 25, 2023
Big Read

Splashing the cash: How we could spend our extra €65bn

With a record budget surplus filling the government coffers and more due in the years to come, largely from corporation tax receipts, we ask a selection of people from various walks of life how the spare cash could be best put to use
  • Killian Woods,
  • Ben Haughand
  • Rian Noctor
  • June 24, 2023
Comment

Today’s summit in Paris an opportunity to reset international finance system: French Ambassador to Ireland

Ireland will be playing its part at summit which will see €100 billion of IMF funding allocated to poorer countries
  • Vincent Guérend
  • June 22, 2023
Economics

Ireland regarded around the world as tax haven for multinationals, former IMF chief says

Ashoka Mody says Ireland could face big problems if it comes under political pressure to change its corporation tax rules
  • Donal MacNamee
  • June 11, 2023
Politics

Budget 2024: How the parties plan to handle ‘the politics of the surpluses’

Government ministers know Ireland ‘expects’ a big-spending budget in October, and various lobby groups are making their cases – but all the while, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is sounding warnings not to spend too much
  • Michael Brennan
  • June 11, 2023
Economics

Ian Guider: Politicians don’t want budgetary watchdog ‘gloomsters’ spoiling the boom party

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warnings on lavish tax cuts and spending increases are hard to reconcile with what’s actually happening on the ground
  • Ian Guider
  • June 10, 2023

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