Economic news and events

The UK has green-lit a plan to build a new multibillion-pound fighter jet with Italy and Japan, the Financial Times reported Friday.

Ministers approved of...

The Irish general election campaign will formally begin later on Friday when Taoiseach Simon Harris asks the President of Ireland to dissolve the Dail.

The dissolution...

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said it is too early to determine what impact Donald Trump’s US re-election will have on the UK, and...

The Bank of England on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 points reflecting ‘continued progress’ in disinflation.

In a widely expected move, the BoE’s...

The rate of Irish consumer price inflation was steady last month, data from the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.

Consumer price increased 0.7% on-year in...

Republicans have taken control of the US Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the House of Representatives, which would produce a full...

A growing list of British companies have warned of rising costs to consumers in the wake of Labour’s budget.

The chief executive officer of Marks &...

Ireland’s unemployment rate ticked up a notch in October, while September’s was revised downwards, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Wednesday.

The jobless rate...

Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, media said Wednesday, defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that will send shock waves across...

Ireland’s leaders have congratulated Donald Trump as he appears poised to clinch the US presidential election.

Irish premier Simon Harris and deputy premier and Minister for...