Economic news and events

Growth in Ireland’s services sector continued at pace in May, but slowed slightly from the previous month, according to survey data on Tuesday.

The AIB...

UK retail sales increased last month, though the trio of bank holidays failed to boost figures as much as expected, numbers on Tuesday showed.

According...

Industrial action by the biggest civil service union is to continue while it considers an improved offer from the UK government aimed at resolving a...

Boris Johnson has urged the government to accelerate levelling-up measures such as planning reform and devolution in order to unleash the UK’s ‘massive potential’.

The Tory...

The strong expansion for UK service providers continued during May, helping to boost the country’s private sector as a whole despite a weakening manufacturing sector,...

The new car market in the UK has recorded its longest period of year-on-year growth since 2015, figures show.

Some 145,204 new cars were registered in...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stressed the need to forge a ‘close and candid relationship’ with US President Joe Biden ahead of their White...

The Irish economy shrank in the first quarter of this year, data showed on Friday, following a major contraction in the multinational-dominated industry sector.

Gross domestic...

The US manufacturing sector declined in May, according to the latest data from S&P Global and the Institute for Supply Management on Thursday.

The seasonally adjusted...

Net mortgage approvals in the UK fell in April, while approvals for remortgaging increased slightly, according to Bank of England data on Thursday.

Borrowing of mortgage...