Monday, December 5, 2011

5/12/2011: Two 'Austerity' charts

In previous two posts we covered Exchequer revenues and balance. Here is an interesting follow-up chart showing the dramatic swing in spending priorities of the Irish state:

And a neat chart summarizing the extent of our and indeed global 'austerity' (this one is courtesy of the OECD):
Pretty darn clear, no?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Constantin: Can you explain the term 'Total Voted Expenditure'?

tks
Hugh