News for: Macroeconomics And Finance

Whitaker Institute member Dr Aidan Kane, of the Macroeconomics and Finance cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece looks at Irish budgets historically. A history of Irish budgets Opinion: our fiscal history tells us much about our past and the business of government over many centuries. Budgets are mainly about the… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor John McHale, of the Macroeconomics and Finance cluster, told RTÉ Radio 1’s This week that any increase by the Government in pension and social welfare payments would not fully cancel out the rate of inflation. Listen back here.

Whitaker Institute member Professor John McHale, of the Macroeconomics and Finance cluster, spoke to RTÉ 1’s Morning Ireland about the rate of inflation and why its likely to increase in the months ahead. Listen back here.

Prof Alan Ahearne, Director of the Whitaker Institute, has been featured in a recent article from the Irish Times. The piece looks at the appeal against a 21-storey tower development in Galway City. Read the article here.

Whitaker Institute Director Professor Alan Ahearne has written a new article for NUI Galway’s Cois Coiribe. The article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and intensified trends in the global economy that were already underway, and both challenges and opportunities it represents for policy makers and societies, as governments around the world seek to rebuild… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor John McHale, of the Macroeconomics and Finance Cluster, spoke to the Irish Independent about pensions. Read more here.

Whitaker Institute member John McHale, Professor of Economics at J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics and former chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, shared his thoughts on the government’s summer economic statement, published this week, with RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland (Thur, 15 July).

Whitaker Institute Director Professor Alan Ahearne has been featured in a recent article from Property Funds World. The piece looks at the development of Augustine Hill in Galway and Prof Ahearne’s economic assessment of the development. Click here to read the article.

Whitaker Institute Director Professor Alan Ahearne has been featured in a recent article by The Irish Times. The piece looks at the development of Augustine Hill in Galway and Prof Ahearne’s economic assessment that it will support some 610 jobs per year over the six-year period of its construction, and a further 2,700 jobs upon completion…. | Read on »

Indian national newspaper, The Hindu Business Line, recently featured an article by Whitaker Institute member Dr Raghavendran Srinivasan, of the Macroeconomics and Finance cluster, regarding the post-Covid economy and how the issue of women’s household care work has taken centre-stage in Tamil Nadu politics. Read more here.