IMF: Irish economy set to return to growth next year
The International Monetary Fund is forecasting that Ireland’s economy will decline by 6.8% in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) terms this year, as ...
Read More Over half a million receive Covid Unemployment Support Payments
533,000 people have today been issued payments of the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Support payment – up 26,000 on the figure ...
Read More Insurers agree measures to ease Covid-19 burden
The insurance industry has announced a suite of measures aimed at helping personal and business customers through the difficulties posed ...
Read More 45,000 mortgage breaks granted by Irish banks
More than 45,000 mortgage payment breaks have been or are about to be given to borrowers suffering financial difficulty as ...
Read More IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries over Covid-19
The International Monetary Fund has announced immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries to help them free up funds to ...
Read More Covid-19 unemployment payments to cost Exchequer €5bn for three months
The Covid-19 unemployment payments will cost the Government just under €5bn for three months, according to an analysis by the ...
Read More Fed will continue to act ‘forcefully, proactively and aggressively’ – Powell
The Federal Reserve will continue to use all the tools at its disposal until the US economy begins to fully ...
Read More World faces ‘worst economic fallout since Great Depression’ – IMF
The global coronavirus pandemic is causing an economic crisis unlike any in the past century and will require a massive ...
Read More EU fails to reach deal on Covid-19 bailout plan
EU finance ministers have failed to agree on a bailout plan to help hard hit member states face the coronavirus ...
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