[PDF] Top 20 Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2012

... in economic growth and labour market stabilisation will result in higher tax revenues, our expectation is that it will continue to be difficult to reduce expenditure levels in 2013 to the extent sought by ... See full document

... percentage points higher than the tax/GDP ratio commonly used. Ireland remains a relatively low tax country – but is no longer an outlier; instead it has a slightly higher tax to income ratio than Spain, Greece and ... See full document

... T he most recent Central Statistics Office estimates from the Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) for GDP and GNP suggest that the economy grew slightly in Q3. Cumulating estimated activity over the first three ... See full document

... One area where there is a strong economic case for differentiated, higher rates of taxation is goods whose consumption generate negative effects, or externalities, on others. Budget 2019 announced increases in the ... See full document

... In light of the remarkable growth rates for 2014 and 2015, in the domestic section of the Commentary, we tease out the actual output levels vis-à-vis potential in the Irish economy at present. While unemployment ... See full document

... The eurozone has been at the core of recent concerns regarding a weakening in global economic activity. Growth across member states has lost significant momentum since mid-2011, with each of the main countries ... See full document

... A number of other important considerations should be borne in mind when attempting to identify trends in private sector earnings. The sectoral wage data based on the new EHECS survey are a relatively new series and they ... See full document

... current economic situation means that some people would like to sell their holiday home, most holiday homes will not help in meeting the needs of new household ... See full document

... In recent years the environmental impact of energy supply has emerged as a specific consideration of energy policy. The UK has been a main driver of EU climate policy (Cameron and Teytelboym, 2017) and indeed can be seen ... See full document

... The annual growth rate of real GDP in the UK declined significantly in Q2 2019 compared to the previous quarter. While it is likely that the strong growth rate in Q1 2019 can be attributed to stockpile accumulation in ... See full document

... A modest rise in the value of tourist spending overseas is forecast, while a slightly slower increase than last year- is projected for other service imports, due to the lower rate of g:o[r] ... See full document

... was in the years preceding 2007 that the property bubble and credit bubble were allowed to inflate (Bergin et al. 2011), with government revenues booming. In 2008 both bubbles burst and the public finance and bank ... See full document

... Despite ongoing concerns as to the sustainability of its underlying economic performance, the Chinese economy registered strong year-on-year growth of 6.8 per cent for the third quarter of 2017. Current trends ... See full document

... Apart from the data from the CSO QNHS, the Live Register provides a useful alternative measure of unemployment. It differs from the QNHS as those employed on a part-time, seasonal or casual basis may sign on the Live ... See full document

... The Economic Research Institute was founded in Dublin in 1960, with the assistance of a grant from the Ford Foundation of New ...The Economic and Social Research Institute ...namely, economic growth, ... See full document

... in quarterly Gross Fixed Capital Formation in dwellings in Ireland relative to the EU average and the ...this Commentary points to the fact that Ireland’s economy has capacity to deal with additional ... See full document

... consumption and investment, and restore growth in the economy. A simulation using NIESR’s NiGEM model suggests that the package will raise growth by only 0.3 percentage points in 2012 and 0.2 per cent in 2013. 6 ... See full document

... current economic situation means that some people would like to sell their holiday home, most holiday homes will not help in meeting the needs of new household ... See full document

... A number of key areas for reform remain for the currency union. Progress towards decoupling bank and sovereign debt has been hampered by disagreement among member states on detailed implementation since the policy was ... See full document

... this Commentary uses new survey evidence compiled as part of the Department of Finance Credit Demand Survey to provide an overview of investment activity by Irish ... See full document