Rebalancing our economy
The role of small and medium-sized enterprises is crucial to the goal of a renewed domestic enterprise sector. The unrelenting pressure of competition, technological change and environmental challenges, not to mention the uncertainties and risks associated with Brexit, call for a coordinated...
‘Bad’ Jobs and Productivity: Why flexible employment is negatively affecting productivity
Productivity - the amount of value produced per hour worked - has grown at a painfully slow rate across many large Western economies since the financial crisis of 2008. The UK has been among the worst performing economies and within it, Northern Ireland has been falling behind even more. At the same...
Short-term outlook is good but stormclouds ahead - time to prepare the ship
The NERI’s 26 th Quarterly Economic Observer came out this Wednesday. You can find the release here and accompanying slides here. Outlook We examine the trends and short-run outlook for both Irish economies. The short-run outlook for the Republic of Ireland economy is very positive. We project real...
Northern Ireland: understanding its economy
With the Brexit process gathering pace, there is much focus on the question of how different parts of the European Union as well as different parts of the United Kingdom will manage a transition to new rules, customs arrangements and related administrative matters. The European Union and the United...
NERI Seminar Belfast: Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
Presentation slides by Laurie Macfarlane at the NERI Belfast Seminar on 22nd March, 2018 titled "Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing"
Productivity matters for everyone
In recent years one economic trend in particular has become increasingly important for policymakers across most western economies and that is productivity. It has become such a significant issue because while most other economic metrics eventually began to recover following the 2008 crash...
Productivity matters for everyone
In recent years one economic trend in particular has become increasingly important for policymakers across most western economies and that is productivity. It has become such a significant issue because while most other economic metrics eventually began to recover following the 2008 crash...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Productivity in Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland
Slides from NERI Seminar on 'Productivity in Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland', presented by Paul Goldrick-Kelly, Economist, NERI and Paul Mac Flynn, Senior Economist, NERI on 13th December, 2017. Above presentation by Paul Goldrick-Kelly (NERI) Above presentation by Paul Mac Flynn (NERI)
Monday Blog: O happy days?
Many (most?) listeners of an early morning news might be forgiven, last week, for wanting to climb under the blankets when they might have thought they heard: ‘house prices could rise by over 20% in the next three years in the Republic of Ireland - but don’t worry, housing remains and will remain...
Monday Blog: Will life be better or worse for this generation?
A simple question but a hard one to answer. First, how do we measure notions of ‘better’, ‘worse’, ‘good’ … ? Second, which countries, generations and points in time do we compare? Third, how do we know what the future will hold for anyone or most people? However, just because it is a hard question...