# NERI

Last year

2022

THE MORNING LEAD

Traditional remedies might not work. So how will we cure the surging cost of living?

A report by

Ian Curran

Almost everything is more expensive than it was a year ago, from energy to fuel to bathroom fittings and Big Macs.

Usually, governments might cut public spending and central bankers could hike interest rates in response.

But economists say the logic of traditional remedies is 'debatable' in the unprecedented context of the pandemic.

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Feb 6th 2022, 12:05 AM

# vimes boots

Explainer: Why is everything more expensive?

In Ireland and across Europe, prices have risen sharply over the past year as economies have reopened.

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Feb 4th 2022, 7:30 AM

All time

# NERI

Irish economy on the brink of overheating stoked by ongoing Brexit uncertainty

The report claims Ireland’s economy is not yet overheating, but if trends continue, it could do so within the next two years.

20.0k

Jul 18th 2019, 8:39 AM

# make it rain

Poll: Should the Government reduce taxes?

Many economists believe that tax cuts are a bad idea.

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Jun 27th 2017, 9:13 AM

# Taxing Issue

The economy will grow but warning there is 'no case for tax cuts'

While Ireland spends more than average among ten rich EU countries, it is behind on spending in education particularly.

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Jun 27th 2017, 8:23 AM

# The briefcase

Here's everything you need to know about business this week

Everyone was talking about Ryanair’s U-turn, trains and automobiles, and the city-country divide.

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Mar 22nd 2015, 8:35 AM

# we're not partying

Saying jobs are only being created in Dublin is 'highly misleading'

One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.

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Mar 19th 2015, 5:45 PM

# ECB LETTERS

'These blunt, cold letters show just how desperate the situation was'

The Nevin Economic Research Institute said that while the contents of the letters from the ECB to Brian Lenihan isn’t a shock, the tone is surprising.

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Nov 7th 2014, 7:15 AM

# Careful Now

There's "no room" in the Irish economy for tax cuts - we should be investing instead

The conditions just aren’t right yet, the Nevin Institute has said.

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Sep 24th 2014, 6:30 AM

# taxing

Irish households pay just under 24% in tax, a new study says

If you’re at the bottom or the top of the income charts, you pay more than the average.

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Aug 28th 2014, 6:30 AM

# inbox me

The briefcase: subprime mortgages, house prices and burying a Bentley

This was the week in business…

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Jun 27th 2014, 12:08 PM

# Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis

Call for government to be allowed shut down social media sites rejected by Fianna Fáil

A motion that called for the government to be given the right to shut down a social media site if it leads to the death of a citizen was defeated by delegates on day two of the party’s Ard Fheis in Killarney.

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Mar 22nd 2014, 3:50 PM

# Penny Pinching

250,000 households have less than €15,000 a year to live on

But income gaps are skewing analysis of the income average according to the Nevin Economic Research Centre.

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Feb 12th 2014, 9:21 AM

# Budget 2014

Government can avoid further cuts with tax hike for top 10% of earners

The Nevin Economic Research Institute said that €400 million could be raised with a 1.5 per cent increase on the top 10 per cent of earners.

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Sep 18th 2013, 8:51 AM

# Budget

NERI publishes alternative approach to Ireland's budgetary policies

The economic institute says using the promissory note savings, investing in a stimulus package and taxing the top 10 per cent of earners could reduce the government deficit to 3 per cent by 2015.

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Jun 26th 2013, 12:05 PM