Economic growth averaged 5.2% every year between 2013 and 2018 – CSO
Growth in the Irish economy averaged 5.2% per annum from 2013 to 2018, according to an analysis of new CSO data. ...
Read More Consumer sentiment improves for second month after Covid-19 collapse
Consumer sentiment improved in June for the second month in a row, but remains well below levels recorded before the ...
Read More Ibec calls for end to travel restrictions
Employers’ group Ibec has called for Ireland’s international travel restrictions to be ended and for testing and tracing to be ...
Read More IMF lowers 2020 growth forecasts again amid Covid-19 crisis
The International Monetary Fund has further lowered its forecasts for global economic growth this year. In its World Economic Outlook ...
Read More Global trade to shrink 18.5% in Q2, defying worst fears – WTO
Global trade is expected to drop around 18.5% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 in a huge coronavirus-driven plunge ...
Read More Consumers spent €600 million using contactless payments in May
The impact of Covid-19 on how consumers are spending is recorded in the latest figures from the banking sector. In ...
Read More Ibec calling for ‘dramatic intervention’ to save businesses
A Government fund aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises to reopen and rebuild – as the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions are ...
Read More Crucial six months ahead for SME sector
Decisions taken in the next six months will impact the small and medium enterprise sector for the next five years, ...
Read More 50% of restaurants face closure without emergency grant aid package
A new report warns that up to 50% of restaurants in Ireland face closure unless an emergency grant aid package ...
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