Sticky inflation could keep interest rates higher for longer, IMF warns
Momentum on cutting inflation is slowing as wage rises push prices higher in services sector, report says
Irish population could grow to over 7m by 2057, says CSO
Central Statistic Office’s latest projections indicates inward migration will be the main driver of population growth, with birth rates predicted to fall
Economic populism of the right has gone mainstream
UK and French electoral systems have thwarted its advance but the far right is still on the rise globally
Irish inflation falls to three-year low of 2.2% in June
Price growth in Irish economy continues to moderate in tandem with fall-off in energy costs internationally
Donohoe links €8.3bn budget plan to unexpected population surge
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council launches broadside at Coalition over €8.3 billion budget plan, claiming it is adopting everything now approach to budgeting
Number of home buyers opting for fixed-rate mortgages drops
Central Bank’s latest retail interest rate figures show fixed-rate contracts constitued two thirds of mortgage contracts agreed in May
Bumper €8.3bn tax and spending package earmarked for Budget 2025
Summer Economic Statement indicates tax measures amounting to €1.4 billion will be in October’s budget with additional spending of €6.9 billion
Government driving a coach and horses through its spending rule
Cumulative breaches of the rule will, in real money terms, be in region of €11 billion by the end of next year
Pace of IDA-sponsored investment and jobs slows
Agency’s latest half-year report said it supported 131 investments enabaling delivery of 8,900 jobs
Looser mortgage lending rules linked to Irish house price surge, says MyHome
House asking prices rose at the fastest pace in two years, according to property website
Global trend towards trade protectionism poses big risk for State, warns KPMG
Consultancy predicts growth to slow in global gross domestic product this year on back of increasing geopolitical tensions
ICS Mortgages cuts rates for buy-to-let borrowers
Non-bank lender says buy-to-let rates would be reduced by 0.15 per cent from August 1st
Government urged to introduce productivity supports for food and drink firms
Food Drink Ireland (FDI) says rapid rise in costs is threatening viability of many firms in sector
Construction activity contracts but housing output remains on upward curve
BNP Paribas’s latest index for the construction sector here fell to 47.5 in June as work on commercial projects fell
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