Lots of interesting information on the distribution of employment and unemployment by occupation and age in this new CSO release here.
Author: Philip Lane
New EUI/Wharton e-book here.
Brendan Walsh highlights the importance of the external value of the euro for competitiveness. In fact, recent IMF work (not yet online) shows it is very important for all peripheral countries (even though cross-border finance is primarily obtained within the euro area, cross-border trade is much more extensive).
Martin Feldstein has a new FT op-ed also on the importance of a weaker euro here.
The role of the depreciation of the euro against the dollar during 1999-2001 in creating divergences within the euro area is analysed in this paper I co-authored with Patrick Honohan.
The over-runs in health spending, last week’s stimulus package and the preparations for the 2013 Budget are putting renewed focus on the government’s fiscal strategy. Certainly, there is plenty to be done in relation to taxation but here are some links in relation to the expenditure side
On public investment
On controlling health expenditure
- An IMF team has some (general, not Irish-specific) recommendations in this VOX article