The Flawed currency union
In the NERI's Quarterly Economic Facts we often compare Irish performance against that of other EU or Euro area countries, for example in areas like the general government balance. While an interesting exercise in itself it is sometimes more useful to sit back and reflect on the bigger picture. The...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Fiscal Priorities for Long-Run Growth
The latest NERI seminar looked at the Irish economy’s recent performance and considered its medium-and-long-term prospects for growth. Over the course of the presentation a range of policy reforms to increase the economy’s long-run potential output were identified and discussed. Dr McDonnell set out...
Monday Blog: Why Northern Ireland needs a real fresh economic start
While economic recovery is evident in both jurisdictions there has been a worrying acceleration in job losses in Northern Ireland with some very significant losses expected in JTI Galagher and Michelin Tyres, both in Ballymena as well as 100 job losses in the US Engineering company, Caterpillar...
Monday Blog: Economic uncertainty
(this blog was composed prior to the recent tragic events in Paris. My thoughts and prayer are with the people of France and all nations suffering from acts of war and terror). Best of Times? was the title of a book published by researchers at the ESRI in the summer of 2007. The book followed on...
Monday Blog: The fiscal implications of Irish unity
For a long time Irish history was marked by a surprising degree of consensus in favour of a united Ireland – whether as a united and politically independent island or as part of the United Kingdom. Since 1922, there has been a marked lack of consensus about where Northern Ireland’s future lies...
NERI Post Budget Seminar
The NERI seminar series resumed yesterday with an analysis of Budget 2016—presentations from each of the three speakers are available below. The speakers outlined the budgetary choices facing Irish society with a special focus on issues related to childcare and housing. Thanks to Michael Taft (...
Press release: Launch Quarterly Economic Observer, Autumn 2015
The Government needs to take a strategic long-term approach to growing the economy argues NERI Quarterly Economic Observer, Autumn 2015. NERI predicts strong economic growth of 5.9% in 2015 and still robust growth of 4.1% in 2016. The Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) will publish its latest...