Economy
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Agriculture in the economy
Richard Halleron recounts the success story of Northern Ireland’s farms and food industries despite the wider downturn and takes stock…
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Defining unemployment
Right now, over 55,000 people in Northern Ireland know the everyday pressures of unemployment but the question of who exactly…
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Banks ‘holding up recovery’
Companies continue to criticise the limited cash supply from lending but banks question the level of demand. Small businesses are…
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Medium-term outlook: cutting off recovery?
Oxford Economics’ Neil Gibson predicts a slow and painful regional recovery as Northern Ireland enters a new economic world. At…
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Manufacturing seeks help
With the manufacturing sector experiencing a further decline in output and continual job losses, it is calling for the Executive…
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Economic policy summary
An updated overview of the Westminster and Assembly parties’ policies on economics, finance and business following the general election and…
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Robert Skidelsky
Keynes’ biographer Lord Robert Skidelsky is to address this year’s Northern Ireland Economic Conference. agendaNi profiles the professor of political…
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Reflections on a place
David Gavaghan reflects on his time at SIB as he prepares to leave Northern Ireland. As I clear my desk,…
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Campaign spending
A pre-election UK Budget offers more good news than bad but the deficit still looms in the background. Give-aways were…
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Recounting the cash
A review of a spending review, as a tight new financial year approaches. Money is on the mind of most…
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