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Irish state’s cost of borrowing triples following interest rate surge

The yields on offer to investors from the NTMA are the highest in almost a decade

Ibec upgrades forecast as inflation predicted to fall below 4%

Business lobby group says prolonged recession in Europe is unlikely this year due to reduced exposure to energy price inflation

JP Morgan says stock market rally will fade

The US multinational thinks it is ‘too early’ to say a recession is off the table

Cautious optimism, but with stern warnings: an economic forecast for 2023

Michael McAteer, outgoing managing partner of Grant Thornton Ireland, sees a return to confidence since Brexit and the pandemic, but also an acute danger to inward investment in the form of the housing crisis

Income for Dublin workers almost 20% higher than national average

Counties in the border and midlands area struggled economically, while the tech industry gave the capital a boost

‘Inflation peak is now behind us’ as EU to avoid technical recession

Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Public Expenditure and president of the Eurogroup, is in Brussels today to chair the meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers, where the European Commission’s Winter Forecast will be discussed

Britain avoids recession by narrowest of margins in last quarter of 2022

The UK economy grew 4 per cent in 2022, slower than the 7.6 per cent pace recorded in 2021

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Editorial: Poll reveals consumer doom and gloom, but relief may be on horizon

New figures show that the rate of inflation eased slightly in January and there are signs the economy is responding to a series of interest rate hikes

Ireland’s economic growth could be double previous estimates – Davy

Stockbroker says Europe could avoid a recession as ‘global outlook looks a little less challenging’ than before

Irish economy’s outsized growth keeps euro-area positive but note of caution attached

The unexpected growth of the euro area in the final quarter of last year is down to Ireland’s outsized expansion, according to economists

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Michael McGrath: Ireland set for a ‘short and shallow downturn’ in the coming months

Finance minister believes that there should be an economy recovery within months but warned that ‘uncertainty is exceptionally high’

Falling tax revenue from tech sector a bigger threat than job losses – Goodbody report

Slowing global growth and high inflation also highlighted as risk to Irish economy by stockbroking firm

Irish economy fastest-growing in eurozone as region’s GDP revised up to 0.3%

Figures released today show that Ireland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.3 per cent between July and September, with Cyprus and Malta growing by 1.3 per cent

Services sector growth slows as recession fears and energy crisis weigh on confidence

Latest index remains above 50 mark, signifying expansion, but is the weakest rise in its 21-month growth sequence

Over 2,000 businesses have shut so far this year

A significant number of indicators show that Ireland could soon face a recession

International Monetary Fund warns ‘worst is yet to come’ as efforts to slow inflation raise risks

One third of global economy may tip into contraction next year, IMF warns

Central Bank says Irish economy could enter ‘technical recession’

Officials say they don’t expect a long-lasting economic slowdown

Former Steorn man McCarthy to build ‘zombie prepper compound’ in Wicklow

The bitcoin trader and failed ‘free energy’ mogul is to develop a €2 million self-sufficient home on rewilded land he has bought in the Wicklow Mountains

Gloomy outlook for consumer confidence, says new RedC research

The quarterly Consumer Mood Monitor has found that Irish people are deeply concerned about rocketing prices in all sectors of industry

John Walsh: Any Sinn Féin government must be mindful of the ‘trapped middle’ if the centre is to hold

Ireland’s challenges are dwarfed by upheavals around the world, but we do have to come up with a strategy to deal with our swiftly changing economic and political landscape – and gaining consensus will be key