Category: Economics
Spinning our way out of recession
Paul Sweeney 17/12/2009
Paul Sweeney: A small increase of 0.3% in GDP in Q3 of 2009 means that Ireland is no longer in recession according to some economists, and this was …
Using the recession as an opportunity for Irish economic development
Tom O'Connor 17/12/2009
Tom O'Connor: The ESRI expect national income GNP to fall by 9.4% overall in 2009, and by a further 1.8% in 2010, with growth returning in the last …
Budget 2010: landlords 1, SW recipients nil
16/12/2009
in 2010, the savings made by cutting Social Welfare will be almost exactly the same as the spend on tax breaks for landlords (SW saving = €809 …
Oh, for the good ol' days
Michael Taft 14/12/2009
Michael Taft: With public sector pay and social welfare cuts, with the Minister announcing a ‘national downward adjustment in wages’ (that’s …
Reducing the Irish cost base
An tSaoi 14/12/2009
An Saoi: Almost all of the focus to date in terms of reducing costs has been on reducing labour costs. This has been done by reducing the numbers in …
Budget 2010 will do nothing to get the economy out of recession
Tom O'Connor 10/12/2009
Tom O'Connor: Budget 2010 will cause immense hardship and will do nothing to get the economy out of recession. The four billion in savings could have …
Budget 2010: Multipliers not banished from Ireland
Michael Burke 10/12/2009
Michael Burke: The Budget contained no estimate as to the real cost, in terms of human misery, of the effects of the crisis to date and the …
Budget 2010: the geographical impact
Michael Taft 10/12/2009
Michael Taft: The Ireland after Nama blog offers an alarming perspective on the effect of the public sector pay cuts on the econmic fortunes of …
Anglo-Irish bondholders + €4bn; Public Services - €4bn
Slí Eile 09/12/2009
Slí Eile: Budget 2010 has been well-rehearsed for many months. The Government, together with the media and principal political commentators, have …
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