[PDF] Top 20 Quarterly Economic Commentary, Summer 2011

... Census 2011 should be taken into account in determining the scale, nature and location of ...Census 2011 have been published, which showed a surprisingly higher population than had previously been ... See full document

... Office, 2011) suggest that Irish nationals accounted for roughly half of net outward migration between 2009 and 2011, despite evidence showing that recent immigrants experienced higher levels of job loss ... See full document

... and 2011 there was a dramatic increase in the share of households in private rented accommodation (Appendix Table ...and 2011 the number of households in Ireland increased by 187,000 or almost 13 per cent, ... See full document

... The situation in the international economy has deteriorated in recent months. The eurozone debt crisis has not been resolved, rather it has spread, and now two major economies, France and Italy, are pursuing restrictive ... See full document

... of 2011. World output in the first quarter of 2011 has been adversely affected by the earthquake in Japan and political changes in North ...increased economic activity to replace lost ... See full document

... Youth unemployment rates according to the QNHS have become particularly elevated. At 39 per cent, unemployment amongst the 15‐19 year age bracket is the highest amongst any age cohort, while 20‐24 year olds come second ... See full document

... months, economic indicators and data have produced a mixed picture of the performance of the Irish ...of quarterly GNP would suggest that the economy is still ...this Commentary are critically based ... See full document

... In addition to direct tax reforms, Budget 2019 announced a number of indirect tax changes, mostly increases. Foremost among these was a rise in the rate of VAT levied on most goods currently subject to second reduced ... See full document

... significant economic growth, it is perhaps disappointing that levels of innovative activity in both Ireland and Northern Ireland have not increased more ... See full document

... Table 1 shows the 18 cases since 1970 where OECD economies have experienced falls in real house prices of at least 20 per cent, along with the previous price rise, and the duration of th[r] ... See full document

... significant economic growth, it is perhaps disappointing that levels of innovative activity in both Ireland and Northern Ireland have not increased more ... See full document

... The Euro Area shows initial signs of a slight slowdown in Q1 2018; this is reflected in soft indicators such as consumer sentiment and industrial production which are not growing as strongly as the same period last year. ... See full document

... The relatively high rate of investment in these countries is, in many respects, a function of the convergence towards the European average in living standards experienced by these countries from the 1990s onwards. ... See full document

... particular slowed as high inflation and low wage growth are increasingly putting pressure on household incomes. Latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that inflation is now growing at an annual ... See full document

... latest quarterly National Accounts, personal consumption expenditure increased by ...domestic economic expansion, coupled with the tightness in the labour market may outweigh or offset these factors as ... See full document

... of economic activity, the European Central Bank (ECB), at its June meeting, announced a package of new measures including: a cut in its main refinancing rate to ... See full document

... in 2011, with the difference in net migration between people in their mid-twenties and those in their late twenties being particularly ...of economic adversity, young families were either less likely to ... See full document

... The survey provides us with a measure of consumer sentiment over a period when there were substantial changes in the Irish economy – the Celtic Tiger era and the boom and bust of the 2000s. From Figure 1 it is clear to ... See full document

... HBS 1999-2000 is used for the period 2003-2006, 2004-2005 for 2007-2011, and 2009-2010 is used for 2012-2014. One consequence of these time intervals is that expenditure weights for some austerity years are based ... See full document

... the economic crisis and, following a decline at the onset of the crisis in 2008, has since ...the economic crisis had a particularly significant impact on women under 30, who remained in education in their ... See full document