Economic winds of change - Warnings on jobs and trade risks

Nobody in their right mind would criticise the Taoiseach when they hear him say the government he leads wants to see a continuing fall in unemployment, though they might not unreasonably dismiss it as a useless statement of the overwhelmingly obvious.

There are, however, grounds for a degree of scepticism when he announces that he wants “to be in a position to create 50,000 new jobs” this year.