Record number of women in workforce
Record number of women in workforce A record number of women were in the workforce last year, according to the latest figures from Eurostat, with 78,000 more women at work than in 2014. Overall, there was in excess of 804,700 women in the labour market, resulting in a participation rate of 77.2%, up from 72.5% […]
No State spending spree: expenditure here stands at lowest share of GDP in the eurozone
No State spending spree: expenditure here stands at lowest share of GDP in the eurozone Data released by Eurostat, the statistics arm of the EU, shows that Government spending here as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) is the lowest in the eurozone by a long way. At 25.7pc, it comes in well below […]
Apartments on the rise as house-building slows
Apartments on the rise as house-building slows The number of apartments built here increased 64pc in the first three months of the year, driven by investment from so-called ‘cuckoo funds’. At the same time there has been a slow-down in the pace of new house-building, which has clocked up the slowest increase since 2013. The […]
EU debt levels up in 2018 but debt-to-GDP ratio down
EU debt levels up in 2018 but debt-to-GDP ratio down Government debt levels rose in the European Union last year, according to Eurostat, but economic expansion in the region pushed the overall debt-to-GDP ratio down. The countries that use the euro had a combined debt of €9.86 trillion in 2018, up €99 billion (1%) year-on-year. […]
Less than half of all employees have a private pension – CSO
Less than half of all employees have a private pension – CSO Less than half of all employees in Ireland were saving towards a pension last year, according to the Central Statistics Office. Its survey of pension coverage in the third quarter of 2018 found that 47.1% of all people in employment were contributing towards […]