China trade surplus with US dropped 8.5% to $296 billion
China’s trade surplus with the US narrowed last year as the world’s two biggest economies exchanged punitive tariffs in a ...
Read More Used car sales reach highest ever level in 2019 – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the number of new cars licensed for the first time fell by ...
Read More USC threshold increasing due to rise in minimum wage
The threshold for USC is to be raised to allow for a previously announced increase in the minimum wage. This ...
Read More December grocery sales pass €1 billion for first time
The grocery market hit a new milestone over the Christmas weeks, as sales in December passed the €1 billion for ...
Read More Davy upgrades GDP growth forecast for 2020 to 5.5%
Stockbrokers Davy have revised upwards their GDP growth forecast for 2020 to 5.5% from 4.1% previously. Davy said the upgrade ...
Read More Mortgage holders benefit from – and need – advice, says ESRI
The Economic and Social Research Institute has found that mortgage holders can get a better deal when they read independent ...
Read More Proposed laws aim to create new online safety regulator
Internet and social media services could in future be blocked for not complying with online safety rules, if draft new ...
Read More Monthly retail sales sink by 3.3% in November – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that annual growth in retail sales volumes slowed to 1.4% in November ...
Read More NTMA to hold one bond auction in Q1 after early syndicated sale
The National Treasury Management Agency said it will hold one bond auction in the first quarter of the year on ...
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