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Economy and Finance Blog Archive

Here you will find an archive of Economy and Finance Blog articles published before 1 May 2022, divided into their relevant categories.

Economy

Regional devolution for Northern Ireland: What’s the big deal?

April 4, 2019

On 26 March 2019, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (NI) signed an agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) Government, the NI Civil Service and six of the…

Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2017

March 12, 2018

Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent HMRC annual trade data, see here. This blog post uses the most recent…

Women’s economic transition to retirement

October 5, 2017

While women are increasingly better educated than men, they earn less, feel less financially secure, provide the bulk of unpaid care, have smaller pensions, face greater hardship in later…

Employment and Labour Market

How big is the gender pay gap in NI’s public and private sectors?

March 8, 2017

By Aidan Stennett & Eóin Murphy Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent data, see here. This article examines the gender…

Economic impact of cuts to the Higher Education sector

September 14, 2016

Education and training are key factors in economic progress, acting as a means of raising productivity. Whilst other factors can result in short-run economic improvements, education and training are…

The National Living Wage and Northern Ireland

May 31, 2016

The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) could have a number of impacts in Northern Ireland (NI), raising the earnings of those aged over 25, but potentially creating…

Energy

Enterprise and Investment

Finance

Autumn Statement and NI Budget 2021-22. NI public finances update no.2 (Autumn 2020)

September 22, 2020

This blog article is the second of two providing updates on NI’s public finances: Update no.1 looks back to a number of recent developments. This article looks forward to…

Poundhog Day: The UK Chancellor’s Summer Statement. NI public finances update no.1 (Summer 2020)

September 22, 2020

The summer months are often quiet times for NI public finances. But, like so much else about 2020, this summer has been a little different. This blog article is…

Fiscal ball gazing: How could the COVID-19 crisis affect NI’s public finances?

June 22, 2020

Governments around the world have undertaken very significant, and hugely costly, actions attempting to prop up businesses and employment through the course of the pandemic. The UK Government is…