TRACKING DUBLIN’S PERFORMANCE

The Dublin City Region plays a pivitol role in the economy of Ireland. The Dublin Economic Monitor tracks the capital’s performance quarterly to provide insightful data.

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November 2018

Get up-to-date economic data for Dublin, and special reports on climate change and the Fingal Skills Strategy.

August 2018

Including up-to-date economic data, the Mastercard Spending Pulse, and a special report on the Dublin Bay Biosphere Partnership.

May 2018

May’s issue has the latest Dublin Mastercard Spending Pulse, as well as a look at tourism and the strengthening Dublin economy.

  • “The Dublin economy has maintained its momentum in 2017 with the labour market showing particularly positive signs. Rising employment and tourism volumes have fed through to many aspects of the economy, including both Dublin Airport and the public transport system where passenger journeys continue to increase at strong rates.”

    Lorcan Blake, Economic Consultant at DKM Economic Consultants.

  • “Dublin consumer sentiment saw a strong improvement as the persistence of healthy trends in activity and employment eased earlier fears of a sharp Brexit related slowdown.”

    Austin Hughes, Chief Economist at KBC Bank Ireland.

  • “The Dublin private sector economy continued to grow strongly during the third quarter of 2017, supported by sharp rises in new work. There was a welcome pick-up in the rate of job creation following a slowdown in Q2, with firms increasingly willing to take on extra staff in line with higher workloads”

    Andrew Harker, Senior Economist at IHS Markit.

HIGHLIGHTS

DUBLIN'S UNEMPLOYMENT

falls to 5.2% (SA) in Q2 2018.

RESIDENTIAL RENTS IN DUBLIN

continue on upward trend with average rent of €1,587 in Q2 2018.

DUBLIN AIRPORT

welcomed 1.34 million arriving passengers (SA) in June 2018.

KBC/ESRI Consumer Sentiment

remains positive although the index registered the second consecutive decline of the year in Q3 2018.

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PRICES

inflation moderated further in August with YoY growth of 6.1%.

The Dublin MARKIT PMI

Dublin’s private sector output increased again in Q3 2018. In line with the trend in business activity, employment by firms in Dublin has now increased on a quarterly basis throughout the past six years.

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