The Fiscal Council will hold a Webinar on its 20th Fiscal Assessment Report on Tuesday 1 June 2021 at 2pm Dublin time.
This also marks ten years of the Fiscal Council being in existence in Ireland.
The report looks at the Government’s medium-term projections and highlights some key issues around its plans for the post-Covid environment.
You can register for the webinar at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mVVbUSduQUWGLuprWKmysg
The report will be available online at www.fiscalcouncil.ie.
Paul Mac Flynn and Tom McDonnell in the Irish Examiner here.
Lectureship in Economics, Department of Economics, Cork University Business School
Permanent Whole-Time Post
UCC wishes to make an appointment to the role of Lecturer in Economics with a particular emphasis in the area of financial\quantitative economics.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Edward Shinnick, Head, Department of Economics. Email: e.shinnick@ucc.ie.
Appointment may be made on the Lecturer Salary Scale: €34,748 – €61,370 (Scale B) / €36,658 – €58,397 (Scale A) Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy.
Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Tuesday 22nd June 2021.
For more information and Application Form please see website: https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/academic/
Princeton University economist Markus Brunnermeier is interviewing Paschal Donohoe on Euro fiscal policy, etc. May 13th at 17:30 (London time). Sign up at:
As part of the European Semester, euro area countries publish updates of their Stability Programmes in April of each year. The draft of Ireland’s 2021 SPU has been published by the Department of Finance and is available here.
As well as the draft SPU itself, the Department have posted additional material such as a spreadsheet of past forecasts and a snapshot of real-time economic indicators. These can also be found at the link above.