Simon Harris takes over as Taoiseach next Tuesday. He inherits an economy with essentially no remaining Covid hangover, robust domestic demand, a recovering multinational sector, near full employment, public finances in rude health and inflation falling rapidly as predicted. At the end of the year, there will be some reductions in interest rates which will improve the cost of living and the cost of borrowing for everyone.  I have been reading ESRI quarterly reports for more than 20 years now. The latest report by the Institute’s Kieran McQuinn, Conor O’Toole, and Lea Hauser makes the valid point that just about every problem…

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