Ireland is an economy suffering an economic, financial and political crisis. Her freedom to operate an independent macroeconomic policy is constrained by her membership of the single European currency and there are many who doubt that Ireland will be able to achieve a sustained recovery without some form of debt default. Our charts below track some of the key macroeconomic indicators for the Irish economy and below them we have gathered together recent blogs on Irish economic issues.

Real GDP growth and unemployment rate

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Ireland from Timetric

Consumer price inflation

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Capital investment as a share of GDP

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Nominal and real house price changes

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Ireland from Timetric