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The Bank of England has made a new announcement on the interest rate. (Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

Bank of England announces that interest rate will remain at 5.25%

Morning View

Editorial: Northern Ireland enjoys very generous financial support from London

The UK's economy has grown by 0.2% in August, with car manufacturing leading the economic boost over the past three months. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK economy grew by 0.2% in August as service sector provides boost

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

'Dignified silence may be better': Ian Paisley hits back at Leo Varadkar

The primary reason most of Ireland effectively voted to leave the union with GB in the 1918 general election was that the union wasn’t working for most of the people of the island, writes Gearoid O'Morain

Letter: Ludicrous that Ireland would want to return to British rule

Some claim the protocol has helped Northern Ireland’s economy but over the more recent two+ years, those coinciding with NI’s unique post-Brexit trading arrangements (January 2021+), NI growth has lagged the UK average, writes Dr Esmond Birnie

Esmond Birnie: It's wrong to say NI economy is outgrowing the UK average

Windsor Framework & Duty Free: Northern Ireland's airports unite to call on UK and EU Governments to return duty free shopping. Pictured are the retailing facilities at Belfast International

Northern Ireland’s airports call for return of duty free for flights to the EU

Edwin Poots

'Whether economy or moral issues this Conservative government is bankrupt'

US special envoy to Northern Ireland for economic affairs Joe Kennedy III speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

US special envoy Joe Kennedy pledges ‘to help focus on people'

Of the fathers surveyed by a recent YouGov poll, 62% said they would take more leave if the rate of statutory paternity pay (SPP) increased

Third of UK fathers take no time off due to 'woeful' paternity leave rights

In February, when the last report was produced, the Bank said it expects interest rates to fall sharply over the rest of the year

Interest rate rise expected as inflation still high

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at Queen’s yesterday repeated inaccurate statements about Northern Ireland’s GDP doubling during 1998-2023. The Windsor Framework actually reduces Stormont’s ability to adopt appropriate economic development policies. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Belfast Agreement @25: NI hasn't realised devolution's potential - Esmond Birnie

UK economy records zero growth in February - ONS

A promotional graphic for Lowden Guitars, based in Saintfield

Ulster guitar firm which make named by government in global trade deal PR

Letters to editor

Letter: In the Alliance Party, our glass is half full about the future

UK interest rates since 2007 as set by the Bank of England.

NI economist backs Bank of England interest rate hike
A leading Northern Ireland economist has backed the Bank of England move to raise interest rates, in a bid to tackle soaring inflation.

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.

Bank of England governor's plea on prices as he warns of inflation danger

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivering his Budget to the House of Commons in London

Budget: UK economy is 'on right track' and will not enter technical recession

A report claims that the size of NI's GDP has more than doubled since the 1998 Belfast Agreement but this far exaggerates the scale of improvement. Indicators such as population growth or employment or tourist numbers show that the turning points in performance came before 1998. Photo: John GilesPA Wire

Economist: It far exaggerates things to say that 1998 deal doubled NI economy

Belfast firm, OCO Global was set up shortly after the Good Friday Agreement was signed by Mark O’Connell who argues that its time to “double down” on the transformative effect which the deal has had in Northern Ireland

25 years on...Belfast firm doubles down on the Good Friday Agreement

Uncertainty over trading arrangements has been caused by the NI Protocol

Northern Ireland economy 'transformed' in 25 years since Good Friday Agreement

Dismal weather heralds the arrival of the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as people shop in the centre of Bolton.

UK economy will be the only one to shrink in 2023, warns IMF

PABest Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to deliver his autumn statement. Picture date: Thursday November 17, 2022.

Hunt blames ‘recession made in Russia’ as he increases taxes and cuts spending

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivering his autumn statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London

UK economy in recession says OBR as growth forecast for next year slashed

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 30th November 2020

Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

General views Belfast city centre.

NI 'already in recession', economist warns ahead of autumn budget statement

The Bank of England has announced an interest rate rise

Cost of Living: Bank of England hikes interest rates to highest for 14 years

(L-R) Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, Ben Broadbent, Executive Director for Communications, James Bell, Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, and Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, Dave Ramsden, during the Bank of England's financial stability report press conference.

Largest interest rate hike in decades a ‘cruel necessity’
A leading economist has described the largest hike in interest rates since 1995 as a “cruel necessity” required to prop up the pound and prevent spiralling inflation.

Letter to the editor

Ireland would suffer in trade war so should implore EU not to be stupid

Belfast shoppers

‘Significant risk’ of UK heading into recession

Cost of living

Slowdown rules out large interest hike: Analysts

When Stormont was shut for three years from 2017 and Northern Ireland was manged by senior civil servants, far from its economy declining there was a slight improvement

Esmond Birnie: There’s no evidence that Stormont brings an economic dividend

Letter to the editor

Law to overhaul protocol has better chance of passing if it protects EU market

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey leaving the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report Press Conference at the Bank of England, London, following the decision on interest rates

Warnings on economy and inflation as interest rates up

Letter to the editor

Import of cheap foreign labour helped fuel Brexit – P&O cannot get away with it

If half the NI grocery market shifts from UK supply chains to higher price Republic/EU ones, the extra annual spending required could be £200m

Economist: How the NI Protocol could raise the cost of your shopping basket

Ukrainian servicemen sit atop armored personnel carriers driving on a road in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in the country (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Economist: Economic impact of invasion of Ukraine on NI is unavoidable

Esmond Birnie Chief Economist PricewaterhouseCooper.
Picture by Brian Little

Economist whose says Protocol costs £900m a year defends his figures

Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful CEO Dr Ian Humphreys with litter-loathing puppet Al

New appeal over rural road litter

The data does not support Leo Varadkar’s conclusion about the benefits from the NI Protocol. However, he was right about the dramatic increase in trade across the Irish land border, but apparently without realising that the UK regards this as justification for invoking article 16

Economist: Varadkar is wrong to say NI has benefited from the protocol

Letter to the editor

The cost of the Northern Ireland Protocol outweighs any benefit

Kyle Anderson director of Deliver to you NI Ltd

Amazon has invested more than £80m in NI since 2010

Rishi Sunak could announced the unfreezing of fuel duty and a freeze on personal allowances at his next budget in March, a move being described as a 'stealth tax raid' (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak could launch a 'stealth tax raid' with next month's budget - here's ...

GDP Pandemic Recovery Team are Conor Devine MRICS, James Gibbons and Nick Leeson

Belfast’s GDP Partnership aims to save 100 businesses in 2021

Kevin MacAllister, Regional Market Leader, PwC Northern Ireland

Belfast set for resilient economic recovery after impact of pandemic

The UK is on course for its first 'double dip’ recession in 50 years - but what ...

The Chancellor delivers his spending review

Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges almost £1bn of extra funding for NI - but warns t...

Northern Ireland's Paddy McNair with

Slovakia's Dusan Svento in a match between the countries in 2016. They play again at football today. But how do the economies of the two match up? Pic William Cherry Presseye

Esmond Birnie: Northern Ireland v Slovakia — assessing which economy wins

The UK economy has recovered from a recession - but are things back to normal?

News Letter editorial

The financial firepower of the United Kingdom has helped Northern Ireland to get...

President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden speak to supporters, early on Wednesday November 4 2020, when the results of the election were still unknown

Economist: A Trump presidency might make a Brexit deal easier, while a Biden wil...

The UK economy grew by an astronomical amount in the month to July, 6.6%. But it is still 11.7% down on its pre-virus level in February. It is fair to assume similar trends in Northern Ireland

The economy in Northern Ireland faces long climb back to normal output

The recession was caused by the coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

Here’s what happened during the UK’s last recession - and how long experts think...

The initiative would allow international arrivals to live on the island while working remotely. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Barbados says it will offer UK residents the chance to live and work remotely th...

News Letter editorial

Building roads both boosts the recovery and improves Northern Ireland’s infrastr...

Upon arrival in Mallorca, they passed signs instructing tourists to keep their hands clean through regular washing, and to keep their face masks on while in the airport. (Credit: Shutterstock)

German tourists are now allowed to fly to Spain for 'safe corridor' trial - here...