Ireland: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation
IMF Staff Country Reports, August 20, 1999
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Bibliographic details
- Published: August 20, 1999
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451818710.002
Executive summary and main findings
- Ireland’s economic performance in recent years has been described as "exceptionally strong."
- Output and employment growth have been "much faster than in the rest of Europe."
- Real GDP growth averaged 7.5 percent per year in 1993–98.
- Growth reflected a sharp increase in capital accumulation, "fueled in part by foreign direct investment."
- Expansion of the skilled labor force contributed to growth through:
- young entrants,
- increasing female participation,
- a reversal of net emigration.
- Inflation has remained subdued.
- Public finances have improved significantly.
- The external current account has remained in surplus.
Policy themes and subject coverage
- Fiscal policy
- Fiscal stance
- Inflation
- Labor
- Prices
- Production
- Productivity
- Wage adjustments
- Wages
Keywords highlighted in the report
- consumer price inflation
- CR
- EU-harmonized index
- Europe
- Fiscal stance
- Global
- Inflation
- ISCR
- pension liability
- policy priority
- price
- Productivity
- service price inflation
- staff appraisal
- Wage adjustments
- Wages
International Monetary Fund. Ireland: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation (IMF Staff Country Reports 1999, 087).
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- Ireland: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation / ISCR/99/87