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What will the next generation think of us? Taking the other side of IMF forecast bets.
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What will the next generation think of us? Taking the other side of IMF forecast bets.

Dampening expectations ahead of another blowout budget.
Jim Power & Chris Johns
Apr 25, 2024
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The Irish government has released its latest assessment of where the economy is heading. It looks like. a forlorn attempt to dampen expectations ahead of another giveaway budget in a few months time. The last before the general election.

The golden goose will someday stop laying its eggs. What will fut…

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