12+ hour, 40+ min ago  (599+ words) Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf has warned that the current trajectory of government spending will “deplete fiscal buffers” and leave the country exposed to large external shocks. In his pre-budget letter to Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris, Makhlouf…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (272+ words) Irish industrial production continued to decline between March and May amid an ongoing slump after companies ramped up activity levels last year in a rush to get in advance of new US tariffs. Production fell by 1.4 per cent over the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (434+ words) Irish business owners are more optimistic than they were three months ago, despite a notable shift in their concerns towards economic uncertainty, inflation and interest rates. However, Azets Ireland’s latest business barometer reveals increasing divergence between Ireland’s larger and smaller…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (351+ words) The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has reached two thirds of its funding target for this year after selling €1.25 billion of bonds on Thursday. The agency sold €800 million of bonds that are due in 10 years and priced to carry a…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (557+ words) Global economic activity is being shaped by two competing forces, the Iran war and the positive impact of AI (artificial intelligence), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. In its latest assessment, the Washington-based institution paints a mixed picture of…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (487+ words) Anxiety among Irish workers about artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to displace jobs has grown significantly over the past year, but only a small fraction of companies here have used the technology to replace a role, a new study…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (398+ words) The average home in Ireland is sold just once every 50 years, according to a new report by property website MyHome.ie. Compiled in conjunction with Bank of Ireland, it indicates that annual asking price inflation for properties nationally rose to…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (392+ words) Unemployment in the Irish economy rose marginally to 5 per cent in June amid warnings from recruiters that Ireland’s jobs market is slowing. The Central Statistics Office’s measure of joblessness rose from 4.9 per cent to 5 per cent between May and June....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (746+ words) The American republic is 250 years old today. On this auspicious anniversary, the story of Alexander Hamilton, the birth of the dollar and the emergence of what would become the economic behemoth that is the American republic is worth retelling because…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1479+ words) The new tax break for restaurants and cafes isn’t for the common people, Cabinet Ministers Simon Harris and Peter Burke made clear on Tuesday. At one second past midnight on Wednesday, the VAT rate on all food services and catering…...