Euro zone current surplus shrinks in July
The euro zone’s current account surplus shrunk in July on a lower trade surplus and a drop in primary income, ...
Read More US Fed cuts interest rates by half a percentage point
The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by half of a percentage point, kicking off what is expected to ...
Read More 52,000 homes per year needed over 25 years – Central Bank
Dealing with the pent-up demand for housing and continued growth in the population will require building 52,000 homes a year ...
Read More Committee to discuss scrapping age-based minimum pay rates
A bill that seeks to abolish age-based sub-minimum pay rates for younger workers will be discussed today by the Oireachtas ...
Read More Budget 2025 energy credit to be paid by end of year – Tánaiste
The Tánaiste has said the energy credit which will be announced in the budget will be paid to households before ...
Read More Euro zone rates should be cut gradually – ECB economist
The European Central Bank should keep cutting interest rates gradually, its chief economist said today, after policymakers reduced borrowing costs ...
Read More Monthly grocery sales rise by 5.4% in latest four week period
New figures from Kantar today show that take-home grocery sales increased by 5.4% in the four weeks to September 1 ...
Read More Commercial vacancy rate hits new high of 14.4%
The national commercial vacancy rate hit a new high of 14.4% in June, new data shows. 30,246 commercial units were ...
Read More Call for tax exemption for companies developing sites
A developer has told a conference there should be an exemption from the Government’s planned zone land tax for companies ...
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