Euro a touch lower post French vote
08.07.2024 Daily blogThe dollar lost more ground on Friday after the release of the June employment report in the US prompted some hardening of market expectations for a September rate cut from the Fed. The euro and sterling closed out Friday pretty much at their highs of the week against the US currency at $1.0840 and $1.2815 […]
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Weekly Round Up
Economics Weekly July 5th
This week we published our new forecasts for the Irish economy. We revised down our forecasts for Irish GDP growth to 1.0% in 2024 (from 1.5% in our February Outlook) and to 3.9% in 2025, but reflecting well understood measurement distortions relating to the multinationals. In contrast, most indicators suggest the Irish economy expanded at […]
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Global Watch
Global Watch May 2024
The general expectation at the start of 2024 was that the Fed would be in the early stages of easing monetary policy by this stage of the year. However relatively large monthly increases in US consumer prices over the January-March period has dented the Fed’s confidence that inflation is on a path back to 2%, […]
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Ireland Outlook
Ireland Outlook – July 2024
We have revised down our forecasts for Irish GDP growth to 1.0% in 2024 (from 1.5% in our February Outlook) and to 3.9% in 2025 (from 4.0%). This downward revision reflects the multinational sector, where output continued to contract in early 2024 due to measurement distortions related to ‘contract manufacturing’. In contrast, indicators suggests the […]
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Ireland Infographic
Ireland Infographic – July 2024
Irish economy to grow at healthy pace in 2024 Download the Ireland infographic here: Bank of Ireland Ireland Infographic July 2024
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UK Outlook
UK Outlook June 2024
We have revised up our forecasts for GDP growth to 0.8% in 2024 (from 0.4% in our February Outlook) and to 1.4% in 2025 (from 1.2% previously), slightly above consensus expectations and Bank of England forecasts. We expect growth to accelerate further to 1.6% in 2026. The unemployment rate is likely to continue edging higher […]
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UK Infographic
UK Infographic – June 2024
GDP forecast to grow by 0.8% this year and by 1.4% in 2025 Download the UK infographic here: Bank of Ireland UK Infographic June 2024