Economic Indicator | Latest results | Change over |
| | Value | Period | 1 Month | 3 Months | 12 Months |
National accounts
GDP (Constant prices, SA), €m
|  | 78,476 | Q3 2018 | : | +0.9% | +5.0% |
GNP (Constant prices, SA), €m
|  | 63,140 | Q3 2018 | : | +5.2% | +2.6% |
General government surplus/deficit as a % of GDP
|  | -1.4 | Q3 2018 | : | : | : |
Gross General government debt as a % of annualised GDP
|  | 68.8 | Q3 2018 | : | : | : |
Personal consumption expenditure (Constant prices, SA), €m
|  | 25,542 | Q3 2018 | : | +1.0% | +2.9% |
Government expenditure (Constant prices, SA), €m
|  | 7,674 | Q3 2018 | : | +1.8% | +5.9% |
Gross fixed capital formation (Constant prices, SA), €m
|  | 18,952 | Q3 2018 | : | +21.8% | +42.6% |
International accounts
Exports of goods (SA), €m
|  | 13,261 | Dec 2018 | +9.3% | +13.8% | +23.4% |
Imports of goods (SA), €m
|  | 8,682 | Dec 2018 | +14.2% | +3.6% | +19.9% |
Balance of payments (Current account), €m
|  | 9,104 | Q3 2018 | : | -1,058 | -4,656 |
Labour Market and Earnings
Numbers in employment, 000
|  | 2,281.3 | Q4 2018 | : | +0.4% | +2.3% |
Unemployment rate (SA), %
|  | 5.7 | Jan 2019 | 0% | 0% | -3.4% |
Numbers on Live Register (SA), 000
|  | 200.3 | Jan 2019 | -1.6% | -4.1% | -15.9% |
Average weekly earnings, €
|  | 740.32 | Q3 2018 | : | -0.6% | +3.2% |
Prices
Consumer price index, December 2016=100
|  | 100.4 | Jan 2019 | -0.7% | -1.2% | +0.7% |
Manufacturing industries output price index, 2010 = 100
|  | 102.0 | Jan 2018 | -1.2% | -1.2% | -4.9% |
Agricultural output price index, 2015=100
|  | 105.16 | Dec 2018 | +0.5% | -1.6% | -3.1% |
Residential property price index, January 2005=100
|  | 107.4 | Dec 2018 | -0.1% | -0.2% | +6.5% |
Consumption and Investment
Retail sales index, Value(SA), 2015=100
|  | 109.3 | Dec 2018 | -1.0% | -1.4% | +2.2% |
Retail sales index, Volume (SA), 2015=100
|  | 117.8 | Dec 2018 | -0.4% | -0.7% | +3.7% |
New private cars licensed, number
|  | 22,279 | Jan 2019 | : | : | -13.7% |
Variable interest rate on new housing loans, %
|  | 3.04 | Sep 2019 | 0% | -0.3% | +2.7% |
Interest on consumer and other loans, %
|  | 7.98 | Sep 2019 | 0% | +0.4% | +1.4% |
Production
Industrial production index (All industry, SA), 2010=100
|  | 158.1 | Feb 2018 | -3.9% | -3.2% | +3.5% |
Dwellings completions, number
|  | 1,740 | Feb 2018 | +22.7% | -22.6% | +37.8% |
SA = Seasonally adjusted : = not available/not relevant The mini-graphs above cover a period of 6 years.