Ireland Business Forecast Report

Published: February 11 2010 Quarterly   

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The Ireland Business Forecast Report provides essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in Ireland.

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Report Description

The Ireland Business Forecast Report helps businesses with Irish market assessment, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in Ireland and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in the Irish market.

An influential new analysis of Ireland's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2013, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International.

Key Uses

  • Forecast the pace and stability of Ireland's economic and industry growth through end- 2013
  • Identify and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in Ireland, to facilitate risk mitigation strategies
  • Assess critical shortcomings of Ireland's business environment that pose hidden barriers and costs to corporate profitability
  • Contextualise Ireland's country risks against European regional peers using BMI's country comparative risk ratings system
  • Target business opportunities in Ireland's high-growth industry sectors
  • Evaluate external threats to doing business in Ireland, including currency volatility, the commodity price boom and protectionist policies

The Ireland Business Forecast Report by Business Monitor International includes these sections: Ireland's Political Outlook, Ireland's Economic Outlook, Ireland's Monetary Policy and Eurozone Outlook.

Ireland's Political Outlook:

What are the political risks to doing business in Ireland over the next 5-years?

BMI's Ireland Country Risk Ratings evaluate the short- and medium-term threats posed by government instability, adverse economic policy-making, deterioration in the business environment and external shocks.

We examine Ireland's political stability and risk assessment, administration and policy-making and Irish foreign policy.

Key Benefits

  • Benchmark Ireland's risk profile against its neighbours, the global and regional average, allowing easy comparison of risks between key business markets.
  • Identify, evaluate and anticipate political and security risks to the business environment in Ireland, and to your company's current operations and future plans.
  • Gain valuable insights into the Irish government and policy-making, through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their exclusive network of private and public sector sources.

Ireland's Economic Outlook:

How will Irish economic policy-making and performance impact corporate profitability over 2009-13?

BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for Ireland through end- 2013 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate Irish growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including central bank policy, on profitability.

Ireland Economic Outlook Contents

The Ireland Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts for Ireland, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 set against Irish government views. Underpinning our forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end- 2013 , covering growth, inflation, employment, trade and investment, interest and exchange rates in the US, Japan and the Euro-zone.

Coverage of Key Economic Issues in Ireland

  • Economic Activity in Ireland
    Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer confidence)
  • Fiscal Policy in Ireland
    Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
  • Monetary Policy in Ireland
    Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation); exchange rate policy in Ireland; Irish currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
  • Balance of Payments in Ireland
    Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current account balance
  • Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland
    Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment climate
  • Irish External Debt
    Debt profile (short- and long-term debt; public and private sector exposure)

Key Benefits

  1. Rely upon BMI's 100% independent Forecast Scenarios for Ireland and underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
  2. Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic database, sourced and fully maintained by BMI from an extensive network of private sector, government and multilateral contacts.
  3. Gain key insights into the current and future direction of Irish government economic policy

Ireland Monetary Policy / Eurozone Outlook

Who buys European Business Forecast Reports?

The Ireland Business Forecast Report is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in Ireland.

Our Business Forecast Reports are relied upon by corporates, banks, government departments and multinational organisations around the world.

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