Survey on Economy in Ireland

Seamus Power, a PhD student at the University of Chicago, is conducting a short survey on the economic situation in Ireland. The link is here if you are willing to fill it out. There is also an email address for the study if you have questions or comments.

“You will be asked to read a very short narrative and asked some questions based on it. Participation is voluntary and is expected to take 5 minutes.”

IGEES paper: Structural Reform

See here.

Welcome to the Everything Boom, or Maybe the Everything Bubble

Neil Irwin writes in the NYT here.

Irish Times: New Finance chief told junior official to disregard property crash fears

Interesting short article in today’s Irish Times.

 

 

SME Market Report

I was, rather lazily, waiting for someone else to post this, but the SME market report by the Central Bank is an important new resource, complete with data and tables in usable formats. The report is good collage-type work that deserves an airing. Let’s hope we see follow up reports in the same manner to give us a better picture of how the sector is evolving post-bailout.