Supporting vaccination programmes in developing nations would add trillions to the global economic recovery

The eurozone, including Ireland, will find debt more sustainable in light of ECB's intention not to hike interest rates 

Strong exports and the successful vaccination programme have laid the basis for a sustained and robust recovery

The main currency pairs have been confined to remarkably tight trading ranges in recent times. Virtually all the movement in the key euro-dollar exchange rate has been in the $1. 17-$1. 23 corridor over the past year.

There were no major revisions made to the US Federal Reserve’s economic forecasts at its monetary policy meeting last week.

Despite much of the economy being in lockdown for all of the opening quarter of the year, recently released national account data for the period show  activity held up much better than expected

The mid-year update from the OECD on the world economic outlook, published last week, paints quite an optimistic picture on the prospects for global growth.World GDP is projected to rise by 5.8% in 2021 and 4.4% in 2022, having contracted by 3.5% ...

The pandemic may bring a change in lifestyle whereby people are prepared to work less and accept lower incomes

Inflation is picking up globally and Ireland is proving no exception.

Given the growing optimism about a strong economic rebound, minds are turning to when the Bank of England might tighten policy