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ECONOMIC INDICATORS January 2019 (Page 1 of 2) (See the monthly Economic Indicators series archive here) ECONOMIC GROWTH Overall and expenditure growth - seasonally adjusted (Q3 2018) GDP GNP Expenditure category Year-on- year change RETAIL SALES 2018), provisional Volume of sales change (annual / monthly) - seasonally adjusted (December All businesses Q3 2018 €78.5bn €63.1bn Personal Consumption +2.9% Year-on-year Year-on- year change Year-on- year change +4.9% +3.1% +€3.81bn +€1.95bn Source: CSO - National Accounts (December 2018).
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Expenditure Capital Investment Exports Imports +6.1% +43.4% +9.4% +16.4% +3.7% Monthly -0.4% % change (year on year) - top 5 1 Electrical goods 2 Hardware, Paints & Glass 3 Furniture & Lighting 4 Pharma, Medical & Cosmetic 5 Food, Beverages & Tobacco +22.1 +16.1 +8.8 +8.1 +6.1 Source: CSO - Retail Sales Index (December 2018) GOODS TRADE Composition (January - November 2018) CONSUMER PRICES (December 2018) Year-on-year change Chemicals / Related incl.

pharma Miss.
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Manufactured Machinery / Transport Equip.

Food / Animals Manufactured goods Commodities / Other Mineral fuels Beverages / Tobacco Crude materials Oils / Fats/ Waxes EXPORTS €128bn IMPORTS €79bn SURPLUS €49bn Billions MAIN MARKETS Total EU (incl.

UK) Britain USA & Canada Exp.

Imp.
50% 61% 11% 22% 29% 18% Source: CSO - Consumer Price index (CPI) (December 2018) VEHICLES LICENCED Change from same period last year (January - December) 157,865 New vehicles (private cars & goods vehicles) -2.5% 125,874 Used vehicles +6.7% 283,739 Total vehicles +1.4% Source: CSO - External Trade (January 2019) Source: CSO - Vehicles Licenced for the First Time (January 2019) © Houses of the Oireachtas 2019 Designed by: Oireachtas Library & Research Service ECONOMIC INDICATORS January 2019 (Page 2 of 2) (See the monthly Economic Indicators series archive here) UNEMPLOYMENT (January 2019) 5.3% 67,600 (5.2%) Males unemployed 59,700 (5.4%) Females unemployed Monthly unemployment rate Seasonally adjusted Down 0.7 percentage points Compared to January 2018 127,300 Total persons unemployed Seasonally adjusted Down 13,400 people Compared to January 2018 37,600 (12.4%) Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) 50,200 Persons unemployed 1 year or more, 34.9% of all unemployment (in Q3 2018, LFS) 2.1% Long term unemployment rate (in Q3 2018, LFS) Source: CSO - Monthly Unemployment (January 2019) and Labour Force Survey, LFS (Q3 2018) LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY Source: OCED - Average weekly hours worked, and GDP (February 2019), Conversion using xe.com GOVERNMENT FINANCES (Q3 2018) General Govt.
Balance and Gross Debt Q3 2015 Q3 2016 Q3 2017 Q3 2018 DWELLING COMPLETIONS (Q4 2018) *Only domestic connections where a dwelling is a self-contained unit of living accommodation is included in the Dwelling Completions series.

Commercial properties, shared and communal living arrangements are excluded.
GG Balance -1.4% -1.5% -1.8% -1.2% GG Debt €203.5bn €202.5bn €210.9bn €216.2bn By dwelling type, 2015 - 2018 Measuring the economy, and debt (2015-2018) Annual GDP (current market prices) Annual GNI* 2015 2016 2017 2018 (Q3) €262.5bn €273.2bn €294.1bn €314.1bn €161.4bn €175.8bn €181.2bn TBA Year Single House Scheme House Apartment Total 2018 4,699 11,001 2,372 2017 2016 2015 4,264 7,916 3,663 5,084 2,227 1,169 3,252 3,294 673 18,072 14,407 9,916 7,219 By Eircode, Q4 2018 Two measurements of the economy (GDP and modified GNI, or GNI*) value the size of the Irish economy differently... ...which produces two different GG debt ratios.
Source: CSO - Government Finance Statistics (January 2019) Source: CSO - New Dwelling Completions (February 2019) © Houses of the Oireachtas 2019 Designed by: Oireachtas Library & Research Service