Economy to shuffle along as before in 2013

So what will the new year bring on the economic front?

This year can be summarised as having been a holding operation. The Government held the line at the budget, losing some along the way but pushing ahead in a fairly technocratic manner with a lot of legislative initiatives.

True, most of these relate to the financial calamity and were insisted on by the troika, but Taoiseach Enda Kenny has shown his true abilities as a chairman, able to inch forward with minimal fuss.