Tagged with: recession
Government spending policy is deepening the crisis
Michael Burke 23/03/2012
Michael Burke: The latest national accounts data are worse than they look. The headlines have been about a ‘technical return’ to recession with two quarters of negative growth at the end of 2011. But on two measures, the situation is much worse than the short-term occurrence of a double-dip recession. • Measured by GDP the economy has been …
Back in recession
Tom Healy 22/03/2012
Tom Healy: While quarterly national accounts data are always to be taken with caution the latest CSO data clearly indicate a return to recession - …
Irish Success Story
Michael Burke 24/08/2011
Michael Burke: The Irish economy has ‘turned the corner’ so often now that it must be back where it started. The latest commentators to identify …
The State of the US
Nat O'Connor 28/01/2010
Nat O'Connor: I'm sure I'm not the only one who watched President Obama's State of the Union address to Congress. (Various versions of it are on …
Is recession bad for your health?
19/01/2010
Over on Irish Economy, Brendan Walsh links to this report from The Lancet.
A long time in the hole
Michael Taft 07/01/2010
Michael Taft: I’ve touched on this subject before but given the New Year and the apparent ‘green shoots’ that are emerging (or the alleged …
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 …
Categories
Contributors
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …