CoffeeBrew
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Seems the only growth industry these days is the one that gets young people into massive debt.
Here's a summary from Dan McLaughlin's comments:
1. Manufacturing output declined by 1.7pc in the first three months and the multinational sector has been hit heavily.
2. The chemical and pharma sectors are particularly weak, suffering double-digit declines in output
3. A dramatic fall in the export of telecommunications equipment (26pc )
4. Computers exports dropping 7pc and organic chemicals down 4pc.
Despite this, the economy is still growing. Where are the jobs coming from ?
The number of people in employment grew by 72,400 in the 12 months to the end of March. A massive 30,800 were created in construction and a further 18,500 in the financials and business sector (Guess we need an army of people to process all the debt).
So basically the positive numbers being bandied about on the Irish economy are in large part deriving from factors that are transitory - record construction and record borrowing !
links:
Dan's talk on manuf recession:
http://www.unison.ie/business/stories.php3?ca=80&si=1418586
Job Stats:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0609/cso.html
Bank Profits and Mortgage Growth:
http://www.unison.ie/business/irish/stories.php3?ca=80&si=1418589
Here's a summary from Dan McLaughlin's comments:
1. Manufacturing output declined by 1.7pc in the first three months and the multinational sector has been hit heavily.
2. The chemical and pharma sectors are particularly weak, suffering double-digit declines in output
3. A dramatic fall in the export of telecommunications equipment (26pc )
4. Computers exports dropping 7pc and organic chemicals down 4pc.
Despite this, the economy is still growing. Where are the jobs coming from ?
The number of people in employment grew by 72,400 in the 12 months to the end of March. A massive 30,800 were created in construction and a further 18,500 in the financials and business sector (Guess we need an army of people to process all the debt).
So basically the positive numbers being bandied about on the Irish economy are in large part deriving from factors that are transitory - record construction and record borrowing !
links:
Dan's talk on manuf recession:
http://www.unison.ie/business/stories.php3?ca=80&si=1418586
Job Stats:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0609/cso.html
Bank Profits and Mortgage Growth:
http://www.unison.ie/business/irish/stories.php3?ca=80&si=1418589