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Fri 08 Aug 2008How wage agreements eroded competitiveness
Between 1997 and 2004 national pay deals helped transform Ireland into a high-cost, high-price economy, writes Anthony Leddin
THE MOST comprehensive indicator of price competitiveness - the real effective exchange rate index - indicates that the Irish economy is now at its most uncompetitive since the early 1970s.
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