In this article, the relationship between cost competitiveness and export performance is examined with a view to exploring the usefulness of competitiveness indicators as policy tools.

This article adopts a sectoral approach to assessing competitiveness in Irish manufacturing by developing labour cost competitiveness indicators for four important manufacturing sectors.

This paper assesses Ireland’s current competitiveness position in light of recent trends in prices, costs and productivity as well as a range of relevant technological and structural indicators.

Oil prices have been characterised by large fluctuations in recent years. Strong volatility in oil prices has important implications for the Irish economy as Ireland has a relatively poor fuel endowment and relies heavily on imported oil. Energy price increases have been one of the principal...

This paper reviews Ireland’s recent export performance, with emphasis on the reasons behind the strong gains in market share experienced by the economy over the past 15 years.

We examine the substantial increase in the volatility of oil pricesin the case of a small open economy — that of Ireland.

The paper presents a real time database of economic time series for Ireland.

This article examines some recent trends related to consumption expenditure and prices in the Irish Economy.

This paper gives an overview on how interest rate instruments such as government bonds can be used to assess financial market expectations.