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1 – 10 of 29The announcement comes on the back of relatively tight fiscal policies and economic growth that outperforms EU peers. Yet the bullish macroeconomic picture has not translated into…
The budget deficit is increasing markedly and will probably top 6% of GDP in 2024 -- the highest level since the late 1980s -- while economic growth remains in the 2-3% range.
The war in Ukraine, Western sanctions and the redirection of external trade away from Europe towards new partners all required a surge in investment. The bulk of new investment…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286245
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The new rules, which include steeper taxes on foreign purchases of existing domestic properties, are part of a Labor strategy intended to free up more housing stock. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284915
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Inequalities have increased in recent years and the post-election tightening of fiscal and monetary policy threatens to exacerbate the problem. Children, Kurds, earthquake…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281463
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IRELAND: Varadkar will struggle to reverse polls
Varadkar’s Fine Gael (FG) has been in coalition with Fianna Fail (FF) and the Greens since 2020; they agreed that Varadkar would replace FF leader Micheal Martin as taoiseach…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274838
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The economy nevertheless still saw growth of 9.8% year-on-year, underpinned largely by the transportation and communications, commerce, construction and manufacturing sectors…
Among the key short-term measures to tackle inflation is the energy price guarantee (EPG), which will limit the average household energy bill to GPB2,500 (USD2,700) for the next…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272975
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Germany's housing dilemma.