The companion post to this one discussed the different issues around measuring who pays what in tax in Ireland. It also asks you to give your own thoughts (free from the constraints of the data!), so if you haven’t yet read it, please do before reading on. – The post from 2009 outlined how the [...]

The Nobel Prize in Economics, awarded yesterday, highlighted the important role of expectations. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook has given the world an important barometer of expectations about the economic climate and how they change over time. This post uses IMF figures to estimate how many jobs will be lost over the period 2011-2015 in the Eurozone, the USA and in the rest of the developed world, due to politicians’ inaction on the debt crisis over the last twelve months alone.

The latest Daft.ie House Price Report was released this morning and contains what may be surprising reading for some. Across three different metrics, there were signs of improved activity in the market in the first three months of the year. Given we sent out press releases to journalists before midday on April 1, I did [...]