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Brexit has made me join the ranks of doomsday preppers

Economy
Pilita Clark
March 17, 2019, 13:03

Pilita Clark: Office colleagues who have long feared the worst now look savvier

Rutger Bregman argues for a 15-hour working week, a world without borders and a basic salary for every citizen. Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images

He took down the elite at Davos – then he came for Fox News

Economy
Patrick Kingsley
March 16, 2019, 05:36

Rutger Bregman is part of a wave of young thinkers rejecting prevailing economic dogma

Dublin port. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Exports hit record €13.7bn in January as reliance on UK declines

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
March 15, 2019, 19:48

Strong trading performance comes amid signs of global slowdown

IDA Ireland chief executive Martin Shanahan. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times

Brexit pushes 70 companies to invest in the Republic - IDA

Economy
Peter Hamilton
March 15, 2019, 16:07

More than 5,000 jobs have been created as a result of Brexit

European commissioner for agriculture Phil Hogan . Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Hogan accuses DUP of ‘political hypocrisy’ over NI tariffs plan

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
March 15, 2019, 11:27

Commissioner says proposal likely to breach WTO rules

When does an Irish cow become a British cow? Photograph: iStock

The Border after Brexit: less a backstop, more a loophole?

Economy
John FitzGerald
March 15, 2019, 06:30

John FitzGerald: The UK’s proposed ‘honesty box’ approach to NI-British trade raises problems

Hands across the water: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar meets US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday. Photograph: Reuters/Jim Young

Irish business has turned Paddy’s Day in the US into a branding masterclass

Economy
Mark Paul
March 15, 2019, 05:52

Caveat: State and business dance to the same tune in a week filled with carefully curated craic

British synchronised swimming duet Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe attempt their routine in a pool filled with plastic. Photograph: Nigel Davies / PA

Blue jeans, plastic waste and 30 years of the web

Economy
Laura Slattery
March 15, 2019, 05:01

Planet Business: Why the hot ticket of the future may be a seat on the Oceania Express

After several years of rapid growth, culminating in an unprecedented 26 per cent jump in 2015, there is strong evidence the Irish economy is cooling.

Clear signs of cooling in Irish economy

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
March 14, 2019, 19:49

While headline numbers flatter, key quarterly metrics soften ahead of Brexit

Larry Summers, the former US treasury secretary under Bill Clinton and White House adviser to Barack Obama, was in Trinity College to receive an award from the university’s philosophical society. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

No-deal Brexit would be ‘an epic level of idiocy,’ says Larry Summers

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
March 14, 2019, 16:53

Former US treasury secretary advises best solution would be another referendum

House prices were up 2.3 per cent in Dublin with apartments rising by 1.6 per cent

Property prices up 5.6% nationally in the year to January

Economy
Charlie Taylor
March 14, 2019, 12:28

In Dublin, prices were up 1.9% while outside the capital, prices jumped 9.5%

Philip Lane is widely seen as being well-positioned to become ECB chief economist. Photograph: Reuters

European Parliament backs Philip Lane for ECB role

Economy
Joe Brennan
March 14, 2019, 12:17

Central Bank governor’s appointment will now come before European Council

Some 44,000 mortgage accounts were in arrears for more than 90 days, a 2.6 per cent fall versus the previous three months.

Continued decline in number of mortgages in arrears

Economy
Charlie Taylor
March 14, 2019, 11:50

Almost 64,000 residential accounts in arrears at the end of last year

Month on month, consumer prices rose by 0.8 per cent in the month, compared with a 0.9 per cent rise in February of 2018.

Rising rents fuel 0.6% rise in consumer prices in February

Economy
Ciara O'Brien
March 14, 2019, 11:32

Restaurants, alcohol and education also see price hikes

Gross domestic product expanded by 6.7 per cent last year, while gross national product grew by 5.3 per cent. Photograph: iStock

Economy grew more than 3 times faster than euro average in 2018

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
March 14, 2019, 11:03

CSO says 3% growth in domestic demand better indicator of activity on the ground

The US bowed to international pressure and ordered the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft after days of insisting the plane was airworthy

Goodman’s €2bn Luxembourg link, Brexit tariffs and no-deal vote, and Boeing woes

Economy
Michael McAleer
March 14, 2019, 07:40

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The currency was up for much of the day, but it picked up momentum in the London evening after MPs in the House of Parliament narrowly voted for an amendment that is aimed at staving off a no-deal Brexit

Sterling extends rally as UK MPs reject no-deal Brexit

Economy
Joe Brennan
March 13, 2019, 21:20

Currency picked up momentum after MPs narrowly voted against a no-deal exit

Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer Phillip Hammond: emphasised the necessity of a Brexit deal for the economy. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Hammond pledges end to austerity if Brexit deal reached

Economy
March 13, 2019, 13:10

Chancellor indicates more fiscal headroom available in light of emerging budgetary data

More than half of the Republic’s €1.4 billion beef exports go to the UK, and dairy would face tariffs too. Photograph: iStock

Republic’s food sector faces huge threat from UK no-deal tariff plan

Economy
Cliff Taylor
March 13, 2019, 12:23

Irish beef could be priced out of UK market, dairy would also suffer

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is due to meet with US president Donald Trump on Thursday.

Irish companies announce 280 new jobs in US

Economy
Charlie Taylor
March 13, 2019, 11:16

Investment by Irish companies in US at record high as EI to open new office in Seattle

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