Showing posts with label Irish consumer prices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish consumer prices. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2015

27/2/15: Deflation and Retail Sales: Ireland 2015...

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Deflation harms consumer demand? So Irish retail sales are up 8.8% y/y in volume and 5.5% in value, implying people are buying on lo...
Friday, May 30, 2014

30/5/2014: That State-Sanctioned Inflation Tax...

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There is much to be analysed in the Irish Retail Sales figures for January-April 2014, updated by the CSO this week. And I intend to do so...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

13/11/2012: Irish CPI v Euro Area: September 2012

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In the previous post I covered overall dynamics of Irish consumer prices in October. Now, let's take a quick look at comparatives acr...
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13/11/2012: Consumer Prices in Ireland: October 2012

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Consumer price index for October 2012, Ireland released last week chows broad continuation of the previously established trends, namely abo...
Friday, September 14, 2012

14/9/2012: 36 years of state-incentivised inflation?

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Some historical (up to August 2012) charts on Irish CPI. Orange bars mark state-dominated categories of goods and services. Interpret thes...

14/9/2012: Irish CPI for August - detailed charts

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With some delay, here's the analysis of latest Consumer Price Inflation data for Ireland for August 2012: Summary table of monthly a...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

9/8/2012: Rip-off Ireland roars again in July

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Latest consumer price indices are out for Ireland. Headline number for annual comparatives is moderate inflation at 2.0% in HICP metric and...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

26/1/2012: Rip-off Ireland - Sunday Times, 22 January 2012

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This is an edited version of my Sunday Times column from January 22, 2012. Back in 2004, with much fanfare, Fine Gael launched its ri...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

19/1/2012: December Inflation - State's Fingerprints all Over the Crime Scene

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There will be a much more detailed analysis of the state-sanctioned rip-off that is revealed in the latest data from CSO on Irish consumer ...
Friday, November 11, 2011

11/11/2011: Ireland's Consumer Prices: October

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Irish CPI and HICP figures for October show continued pattern of public sector-controlled costs inflation and continued pressures on prices...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

13/10/2011: CPI for Ireland: September 2011

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Consumer prices inflation is now running above 2.5% in Ireland and the usual culprits are to be blamed. Consumer Prices in Sept...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

11/08/2011: CPI for July 2011

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CSO reported Consumer Prices for July today. Here are some headline numbers and updated charts: As measured by the CPI, remained unchange...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

19/03/2011: Retail sales & Consumer confidence

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In the previous post I suggested that the latest inflation figures do not bode well for 'growth-linked inflation, but signal instead the...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Economics 14/10/10: Rip-off Ireland is roaring its ugly head

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CPI for September is out... kinda out... it was sent out yesterday without an embargo, by mistake, and now it was re-released again. So the ...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Economics 1/10/10: Retail sales data

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Oh, let's cut the bull, folks. The retail sales data is making rounds the banks 'economists' notes with all the hoopla of the &#...