Ireland Infographic -July 2020
GDP forecast at -7.0% this year and 6.0% in 2021
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GDP forecast at -7.0% this year and 6.0% in 2021
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Yesterday’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) showed Irish employment rose by an exceptional 2.7% in 2024. This pace was sustained into the second half of the year, albeit with a choppy pattern of a 1.3% gain in Q3 2024, followed by 0.2% fall in Q4, which is most likely due to sampling volatility in the LFS. […]
The euro and sterling advanced against the dollar yesterday, following the Japanese yen higher with the latter gaining more than 1% against the US currency buoyed by speculation about interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan. The euro rose to over $1.05 for a time but has slipped to around $1.0480 this morning, still […]
Despite some hawkish ECB commentary yesterday, which pushed up euro area bond yields relative to US yields, the euro lost ground to the dollar, hitting a low for the day of around $1.04. Trump’s latest tariffs threat appeared to weigh on the currency, and also on sterling which was off around half a cent against […]
The main currency pairs largely treaded water yesterday with a slight weakening bias to the euro against the dollar and sterling and the latter holding its own against the US currency. This morning’s CPI data in the UK – which showed a further increase in headline inflation in January – were broadly in line with […]