US manufacturing output increased solidly in August, boosted by a surge in the production of machinery and other goods, but the outlook for factories remains weak amid rising headwinds from trade tensions and slowing global economies.

Cork cannot let housing shortages, public transport problems and a lack of construction workers undermine its burgeoning position as a tech and financial services region, industry leaders have warned.

Kevin Yao China should lower next year’s economic growth target to 6-6.5% as headwinds including a trade dispute with the US increases risks for the economy, according to government advisers’ recommendations.

Low-cost, long-haul airline Norwegian, which has cut back its Irish routes to the US in recent months, struggled to fill its aircraft in November as capacity growth far outpaced demand.

Economic activity is forecasted to "remain robust, but to ease gradually" next year.

Both the OECD and IMF recently revised down their growth forecasts for the world economy in 2018 and 2019.

The Irish construction sector is continuing to grow, according to the latest figures from Ulster Bank for August.

Eurozone business growth slowed more than expected this month as fears over a trade war with the US and a weaker global expansion put another dent in optimism, a survey showed.

The release last week by the CSO of the Quarterly National Accounts for the first quarter provided the first official growth estimates of the economy for the opening months of the year.

Cork is set to become the fastest growing city in the country over the next 20 years.

There has been increased growth in the Irish construction industry again in May, latest figures show.

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Europe-beating growth in 2017 as the economy slewed off any major effect from Brexit is carrying through to this year, according to economists.

Recent growth figures for the US economy showed that its economic expansion slowed somewhat to 2.6% in the fourth quarter last year, from 3.2% in the previous quarter, writes John Fahey.

It also says unemployment should dip below 6% by the end of the year.

The past number of years have seen a strong recovery by the Irish economy that has surpassed all expectations, writes Oliver Mangan.

The Government has little room for significant tax cuts despite the European Commission projecting the economy here will grow at a healthy rate through 2018, according to analysts.

Eir has said the moderate growth seen in the first half of its current financial year is keeping it on track to meet its annual earnings targets.

The economy of Cork and the South West is not growing as fast as Dublin, “but is growing nonetheless”, economist Seamus Coffey has told a business gathering.

US economic growth was less sluggish than previously thought in the second quarter as exports grew more than imports and businesses raised their investments, hopeful signs for the economic outlook.