As energy prices continue to rise, the IMF is the latest forum to explore the lack of economic crisis in the face of repeated assaults. It will take a few more shocks to know if economies have become durably more resilient.
With imminent elections primed to transform the European political landscape and an Irish economy humming along nicely, hitting the fiscal accelerator was unnecessary. But with debt levels low, Ireland is in a strong position to handle any bond market woes.
Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, secretary dresses down officials, write Brian Schwartz, Josh Dawsey, Philip Wegmann and Gregory Zuckerman, The Wall Street Journal.
Ireland has emerged from another global economic shock in relatively good shape, with its relationship with the US looking secure and the energy hit proving manageable. But France could become the big economic risk of 2027.
Record heat withered crops, strained businesses and upended everyday life. It happened faster than anyone expected, write David Luhnow, Stacy Meichtry and Ed Ballard, The Wall Street Journal.
Ireland may not have any intergalactic space warriors, but it still has growth.
Spending €1bn a year on petrol and diesel subsidies is a lot, but this is just one of several billion-euro levers the Government has access to in the lead up to the budget – unless Ireland finally loses its immunity from successive international crises.
The impact of AI on jobs appear to be slight and slow – for now. Competition for workers between employers in the growing construction and hospitality industries is a bigger factor shaping Ireland's economy.
The Summer Economic Statement used to ringfence tax-and-spend plans for the next year. It now shows how fast they become out of date.
As he prepares to replace Keir Starmer as British prime minister, Andy Burnham has many of the right ideas – and a very narrow economic and political path to implement them.
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