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Government estimates unemployment rate of 7.3 percent for this year The Government estimates that the unemployment rate this year will be 7.3%, above the 6.8% that ended the year 2020, according to the Stability Programme (SP) The announcement was made by the Minister of State and Finance, João Leão, after approval in the Council of Ministers of the 2021/2025 Stability Programme, constituting a downward revision of the previous forecast, of 8.2 percent. The minister justified the increase wi...

John FitzGerald: Corporation tax changes may pack more punch than Covid Shift in Biden policy on offshore firms could be minor gain for US but huge hit for Ireland about 2 hours ago   When Ireland’s low corporation tax strategy was conceived in the 1950s, it was aimed at stimulating growth at the expense of tax revenue. Today it has, instead, been transformed into a huge source of tax revenue for the government, while it has a relatively minor role in driving employment growth. Karlin Lilli...

Updated: 14 Apr 2021, 18:08 IRELAND’S unemployment rate will not recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2023, a new Department of Finance report has predicted. However, Ireland will not see an “austerity budget” for 2022, Public Expenditure Minister Micheal McGrath claimed, as there are “solid grounds for optimism” that the economic recovery will start later this year. 2 2 Finance Minister Paschal DonohoeCredit: PA The Government yesterday published a Stability Programme Updat...

(Adds quotes, details) LISBON, April 15 (Reuters) - Portugal’s government has cut its 2021 economic growth forecast to 4% from 5.4%, the finance minister said on Thursday, after a severe worsening of the coronavirus pandemic at the start of this year forced a nationwide lockdown lasting over two months. Joao Leao also told a news conference the budget deficit should reach 4.5% of gross domestic product this year, up from the previously forecast 4.3%. The Bank of Portugal estimated in March th...

Portugals government cuts 2021 growth outlook to 4% due to lockdown Reuters 5 hrs ago LISBON, April 15 (Reuters) - Portugals government slashed its 2021 economic growth forecast to 4% from 5.4%, the finance minister said on Thursday, after a severe worsening of the coronavirus pandemic at the start of the year forced a nationwide lockdown lasting over two months. Finance Minister Joao Leao told a news conference, however, the government expected "a strong recovery in the second half of the ye...

); Taoiseach to meet vaccine task force ahead of Cabinet as considerations given to extend gap between Pfizer jabs It’s understood the time between vaccines being administered will be looked at, as has been the approach adopted by the UK and Canada. By Christina Finn Wednesday 14 Apr 2021, 12:05 AM 2 hours ago 3,345 Views 16 Comments Hate cr...

Economics Correspondent Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe will publish the Stability Programme Update later today which will set out new deficit and growth targets for the economy. RTÉ News understands it will project growth of 4.5% in the economy this year, with a budget deficit equal to 4.7% of Gross Domestic Product, but much of this will depend on the success of the vaccination programme. A separate measure for the domestic economy shows a lower growth rate this year but a higher rate f...

Cabinet Ministers will hold talks this morning over the latest setbacks to the vaccination programme.

Limericks Live 95 Search By Live95 News Team Cabinet Ministers will discuss the latest setbacks for the vaccination programme when they meet this morning.  The Taoiseach is to be briefed by the HSE and the vaccines taskforce as work continues on redrawing the roll-out plan. Re-drawn plans to take account of the problems with the availability of the AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson vaccines could be ready as early as today. But senior figures in the Depart...

Government forced to forecast through the fog of Covid-19 Cliff Taylor: Latest economic predictions set a baseline for public finances, but battles lie ahead about 4 hours ago   The Department of Finance is being forced to forecast while looking out through a fog. As prospects for the vaccine programme – vital for economic reopening – ebb and flow, it is impossible to predict the economic outlook with any certainty. But it is still important to try to set down some markers. As the Departm...