The Irish Times view on the public finances: time to outline what comes next
The Fiscal Advisory Council is critical of the Government’s budgetary plans, saying in particular that its medium-term forecasts for the public finances are not credible
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The Fiscal Advisory Council is critical of the Government’s budgetary plans, saying in particular that its medium-term forecasts for the public finances are not credible
5/10/2021 9:48:34 AM GMT After a stand-out performance in 2019, the French labour market’s performance was even more remarkable in 2020 given the massive recessionary shock that swept the French economy. In part 1 of this article, we conducted a review of this very peculiar year in which the Covid-19 crisis had a much smaller impact on the French labour market than on GDP growth. What should we expect in 2021? Will the labour market continue to surprise on the upside? Although we cannot rule out this possibility, for now, prospects seem to be more mixed. Payroll employment is expected to re...
Only four EU countries will slash deficit more than Portugal this year There are only four countries in the European Union that will reduce their deficit more than Portugal this year. This is the case of Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium and Croatia. The Portuguese government forecasts a reduction of the budget deficit between 2020 and 2021 by 1.2 percentage points, from 5.7 percent of GDP last year to 4.5 percent this year. This forecast is contained in the 2021-2025 Stability Programme.
EU leaders clear that Turkey`s position on Cyprus issue cannot be accepted, says President UNSG says conflict prevention/mediation is key element of his activities, gives example of Geneva meeting Cyprus Ηealth Ministry issues guidelines for vaccinated passengers First vaccine dose administered to 35.6% of population in Cyprus, 9,771 slots booked on Saturday morning GPs have ordered close to 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, -Health Insurance Organisation tells CNA CNA - CYPRUS/Nicosia 07/05/2021 21:10 ...
EU leaders clear that Turkey`s position on Cyprus issue cannot be accepted, says President UNSG says conflict prevention/mediation is key element of his activities, gives example of Geneva meeting Cyprus Ηealth Ministry issues guidelines for vaccinated passengers First vaccine dose administered to 35.6% of population in Cyprus, 9,771 slots booked on Saturday morning GPs have ordered close to 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, -Health Insurance Organisation tells CNA First vaccine dose adminis...