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A desire to achieve greater gender balance at the ECB is seen as working in Sharon Donnery’s favour. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Sharon Donnery gets closer to top euro zone bank job

Economy
October 17, 2018, 12:55

Central Bank deputy governor facing two main competitors

Price growth is expected to drift down toward the 2 per cent target, giving a real-terms boost to households.

UK inflation slowed more than expected in September

Economy
October 17, 2018, 10:16

Rate dragged lower by the cost of food and transport fares, as well as ferry prices

Photograph: iStock

Strong workers’ rights help State to maintain competitiveness ranking

Economy
Ciara O'Brien
October 17, 2018, 08:38

US tops WEF list for the first time in a decade

Many postal workers have now decided to hang on to their shares in the hope the price will recover. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

Royal Mail postal workers get schooled in share price volatility

Economy
Fiona Walsh
October 17, 2018, 05:23

Profit warning batters value of free shares and executive pay adds salt to the wounds

“This represented the largest increase (albeit from low levels) in the number of unemployed in six years.” Photograph: iStock

Northern Ireland’s jobless rate rose sharply over summer

Economy
Francess McDonnell
October 16, 2018, 20:00

NI unemployment rate up from 3.5% at 4.3%, ahead of UK average for first time in a year

European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends an EU General Affairs Council in Luxembourg, on October 16, 2018.Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Brexit explained: What would a no-deal Brexit mean for Ireland?

Economy
Cliff Taylor
October 16, 2018, 16:56

Donald Tusk has warned a no-deal Brexit is‘more likely than ever.’ But if it happens it could be chaotic

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi is credited with quelling the debt-crisis storm of 2012 and the potential break-up of the euro zone. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters

ECB’s Draghi to appear before Oireachtas committee next month

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
October 16, 2018, 12:38

Frankfurt’s top man accepts invitation to discuss banking sector and tracker controversy

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. Photograph: Victoria Jones / PA WIRE

UK workers see strongest wage growth in nearly a decade

Economy
October 16, 2018, 10:50

British households have struggled as their wages grew more slowly than inflation

Italy’s minister of economy and finances, Giovanni Tria addresses reporters at the end of a press conference following a Cabinet meeting on the country’s draft budget, prior to its submission deadline to the European Commission on October 15, 2018 at Palazzo Chigi in Rome.

Italy approves deficit-hiking budget, awaits EU’s verdict

Economy
October 16, 2018, 06:43

European Commission has criticised fiscal plan

Italian students protest in Rome against the policies of the right-wing Five Star Movement-League government. Photograph: Massimo Percossi/EPA

Italian cabinet due to approve budget as EU and markets fret

Economy
Gavin Jones
October 15, 2018, 10:23

Plan to raise debt to fund basic income and earlier retirement draws ire in Brussels

Ted Webb, managing director and Tom Godfrey, chief executive of IBI Corporate Finance, which has been involved in more Irish deals than any other adviser in the past decade

IBI chief says ‘good time to sell businesses’ as clouds gather

Economy
Joe Brennan
October 15, 2018, 05:20

Adviser says new wave of providers of debt and equity finance gives buyers more options and greater flexibility

The European Investment Bank loan will help fund four capital developments across the TCD campus. This will include the E3-Engineering, Environment and Emerging Technologies Learning Foundry facility on the main campus. Above, Dr Patrick Prendergast, provost of Trinity College; Ana-Maria Murphy-Teixidor, who is studying an MSc in development practice; Andrew McDowell, vice president of the EIB. Photograph: Iain White/Fennell Photography

Trinity College secures €100m 30-year EIB loan

Economy
Charlie Taylor
October 14, 2018, 18:22

Loans to be used on a number of projects including the soon-to-be-built E3 institute

The Saudi Arabian flag on the roof of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Photograph: Getty Images

Saudi Arabia threatens to respond to any punitive measures

Economy
Andrew England
October 14, 2018, 17:27

Pressure mounts on the Gulf kingdom and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman since disappearance of journalist Khashoggi

Pro-European Union demonstrators protesting outside the Houses of Parliament in central London. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

Chris Johns: The closer Brexit comes, the more you wonder why

Economy
Chris Johns
October 14, 2018, 12:46

Mood music suggests a deal is more likely but business still coping with uncertainty and disruption

China is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Nepal, its mountainous southern neighbour

China moves to bring Nepal into its sphere of influence

Economy
Stephen Starr
October 13, 2018, 06:05

From supplying school books to airport construction, China’s fingerprints are all over Nepal

The Department of Housing, which has four offices listed on its website including Dublin’s Custom House, above. Photograph: Tom Honan

Department of Housing to receive 68% more funding for office expenses

Economy
Peter Hamilton
October 13, 2018, 06:05

Overall, its administration budget is to increase by 15 per cent next year to €74.6m

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue shakes hands with Seán O’Rourke before the “Today with Seán O’Rourke” programme on RTÉ Radio 1, on Wednesday. Photograph: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Price will be paid for EU snub on carbon tax

Economy
October 13, 2018, 06:00

No one wants to pay more tax but voters widely accept climate change is a real danger

The US flag flies over Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach, in Los Angeles.

US and China trade war tensions rise but signs are dialogue may be coming

Economy
Clifford Coonan
October 12, 2018, 14:05

China has record trade surplus with US in September

The Central Bank has previously calculated that a no-deal Brexit could mean output here falls by 2.7%, costing up to 40,000 jobs over five years.

Theresa May’s Chequers plan may cost State 20,000 jobs

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
October 12, 2018, 06:03

Central Bank says UK compromise Brexit would take heavy toll on Irish economy

The Sydney Opera House’s sails controversially become a blank canvas for the advertisers of the Everest horse race. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP

Opera House backlash, ‘Project Sunrise’ and this year’s Nobel economics prize winners

Economy
Laura Slattery
October 12, 2018, 05:24

Planet Business: Welcome to the longest of long-haul flights

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