Concern over Donald Trump tax plan wanes

Domestic companies are becoming less concerned about the effects US financial policy — including a proposed 15% cut in the US corporate tax rate to 20% — will have on the Irish economy but remain cautious on their own plans due to ongoing Brexit uncertainty, a survey shows.

Domestic companies are becoming less concerned about the effects US financial policy — including a proposed 15% cut in the US corporate tax rate to 20% — will have on the Irish economy but remain cautious on their own plans due to ongoing Brexit uncertainty, a survey shows.

Bank of Ireland’s latest economic ‘pulse’ barometer paints a mixed picture for household and business sentiment, but overall shows a strong recovery from an historic low last year.