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Quarterly Economic
Commentary – Spring 2021
DATE
March 24th 2021
AUTHORs
Kieran McQuinn, Conor,
O’Toole, Ilias Kostarakos and
Cathal Coffey.
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Overview
• Despite the pandemic the Irish economy still grew by 3.4% compared to 2019 in
real terms. This was linked to an increase in exports and a fall in imports.
• Contrasting impact of pandemic on traded and domestic sectors evident
• Strong growth in exports (+6.2% )
• Consumption and investment fall significantly - (-9%) & (-32.3%) respectively.
• Administrative restrictions having a significant impact on the labour market
• Pandemic adjusted unemployment rate 24.8 % in February 2021.
• Real GDP forecast to grow by 4.4% in 2021 and 5.2% in 2022
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Summary
2020 2021 2022
Output (Real Annual Growth %)
Private Consumer Expenditure -9.0 6.7 10.0
Public Net Current Expenditure 9.8 5.0 3.0
Investment -32.3 5.8 6.8
Exports 6.2 7.0 7.0
Imports -11.3 9.3 9.0
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 3.4 4.4 5.2
Gross National Product (GNP) 0.6 3.6 4.9
Labour Market
Employment Levels (‘000) 1,976 2,033 2,303
Unemployment Levels (‘000) 450 407 181
Unemployment Rate (as % of Labour Force) 18.7 16.7 7.3
Public Finances
General Government Balance (€bn) -19.7 -18.5 -7.8
General Government Balance (% of GDP) -5.4 -4.7 -1.9
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Decomposition of GDP growth
Source: CSO data and ESRI forecasts.
-40.0
-30.0
-20.0
-10.0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Imports of Goods and Services
(M)
Physical Changes in Stocks
Exports of Goods and Services
Gross Fixed Capital Formation
Public Net Current Expenditure
Private Consumer Expenditure
GDP
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Consumption
• 2020: -9.0% 2021: 6.7% 2022: 10.0%
• Consumption expenditure fell by 9.0% in 2020
compared to 2019
• Mid-range performance relative to other
European countries (graph)
• Level 5 restrictions in November and early 2021
have led to decline in retail sales. But these
declines are not as large as those seen in April
2020.
• Consumption forecast is revised down due to
longer than anticipated restrictions but
Consumption still expected to rebound.
• Rollout of Vaccines
• Spending of Savings
• Higher level in Ireland compared to other countries.
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN CONSUMPTION FOR SELECTED EUROPEAN ECONOMIES
Source: ESRI Analysis of Eurostat data.
Series: Final consumption expenditure of households, chain linked volumes (2015). .
-16%
-14%
-12%
-10%
-8%
-6%
-4%
-2%
0%
Cyprus
Greece
Slovenia
Italy
Portugal
Latvia
Croatia
Austria
Luxembourg
Belgium
Ireland
Czechia
Netherlands
Hungary
Germany
Finland
Estonia
Denmark
France
Sweden
Poland
Slovakia
Lithuania
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EVOLUTION OF THE GROSS SAVINGS RATIO IN SELECTED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Source: Eurostat data on gross savings ratio. Countries included in comparison are: Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal,
Finland, Sweden, UK.
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Interquartile Range (P25-P75) Min Max EU-27 Ireland
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Investment
• 2020: -32.3% 2021: 5.8% 2022: 6.8%
• GDFCF declined by 32.3% in 2020.
• Driven by yearly drops in Machinery and
Equipment (-25.2%) and Building and
Construction activity (-9.1%).
• Modified GDFCF decreased by 3.4% y-on-y in Q4
(graph).
• 15,000 housing completions forecast for 2021
• 16,000 completions forecast for 2022
• Marked reduction in corporate insolvencies
internationally (IMF). This dynamic found in Ireland
also. May be solvency issues for some businesses as
supports are rolled back.
MODIFIED GROSS DOMESTIC FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
Source: Central Statistics Office
-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
SA Volume (€000,000) Y-on-Y Growth Rate (%,RHS)
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Trade
Trade
• Performance of Irish GDP linked to performance of Exports and Imports.
• Irish net exports were €108.96bn in 2020 an increase of €73.4 bn compared to 2019 (CSO).
Exports
• 2020: 6.2% 2021: 7.0% 2022: 7.0%
• Largest components of goods and services performed very strongly Q4 2020
• Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (+27.4% y-on-y)
• Computer services (+19.8% y-on-y)
• Growth expected in 2021 as Ireland’s main trading partners recover
Imports
• 2020: -11.3% 2021: 9.3% 2022: 9.0%
• Related to decline in imports of IPP compared to 2019 (CSO).
• Imports of materials for production up by 6.3 % in 2020 compared to 2019 – linked to performance of exports with
these goods being used in the production process
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Exports by Component/Commodity Group
Source: Central Statistics Office
SERVICE EXPORTS BY COMPONENT (VALUE, €000,000) MERCHANDISE EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP (VALUE, €000,000)
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000
Insurance
Royalties/licences
Financial services
All business services
Computer services
2020Q4 2020Q3 2019Q4
0 4000 8000 12000 16000
Total food and live animals
Miscellaneous manufactured
goods
Machinery and transport
equipment
Organic chemicals
Medicinal and pharmaceutical
products
2020Q4 2020Q3 2019Q4
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Trade with the UK – January 2021
• At 11pm on 31 December 2020 the transition period ended and the UK now trades with EU on terms
agreed in the trade deal signed on 30 December 2020. However, not all aspects of the trade deal are
fully in force at present.
• Data from January 2021 suggest that UK goods exports to the EU fell by 40.7 per cent while UK goods
imports from the EU fell by 28.8 per cent
• Reduction in UK goods imports from the EU in January 2021 was driven by fall in importation of goods such as cars
and medical and pharmaceutical products (ONS, 2021).
• Value of goods Imports into Ireland from Great Britain(UK excluding NI) decreased by €906m (-65%) to
€497m in January 2021 compared with January 2020.
• Imports from Great Britain accounted for 9% of total imports.
• Compared with Jan 2020 imports of Food and live animals fell by €187m (-75%) to €62m, and imports of Mineral
fuels decreased by €139m (-71%).
• (CSO 2021)
• Value of goods Exports to Great Britain decreased by €149m (-14%) in January 2021 to €946m when
compared with January 2020.
• Exports to Great Britain were 7% of total exports.
• Compared to Jan 2020 exports of Food and live animals fell by €92 million (-33%), Machinery and transport
equipment decreased by €106 million (-51%).
• Exports of Chemicals and related products increased by €157 (+56%) to €437 million.
• (CSO 2021)
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Labour Market
Unemployment
• 2020: 18.7% 2021: 16.7% 2022: 7.3%
• Pandemic adjusted unemployment rate increased to 24.8% in Feb. 2021
• Down from over 30% in April 2020
• Approx. 468,850 people claimed PUP in first week of March 2021
• Employers received EWSS payments for approximately 309,500 qualifying employees in February 2021
• Schemes played an important role in helping individuals retain/regain employment
• Approx. 260,900 individuals moved from the TWSS to non-TWSS employment
• Wage subsidies and PUP have helped to uphold incomes during the pandemic.
• Median weekly earnings fall by 15 per cent in the year to Q2 2020 if supports are excluded.
• Drop of only 6.5 per cent if COVID-19 income supports are taken into account. (CSO)
• Despite positive GDP growth forecast for 2021 unemployment will remain elevated
• Due to restrictions Q1 unemployment looks set to average around 25%.
• Forecast to decline to approx. 10% by end of 2021.
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Unemployment rate (%)
2020M02
4.9
2020M04
30.5
2020M09
15.7
2021M02
24.8
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2016M01 2016M09 2017M05 2018M01 2018M09 2019M05 2020M01 2020M09
Source: Central Statistics Office
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE PUP AND LIVE REGISTER BY WEEK
Source: Central Statistics Office and Dept of Social Protection
03-May
605,528
20-Sep
210,112
22-Nov
352,784
20-Dec
277,518
31-Jan
481,163
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
22-Mar 22-Apr 22-May 22-Jun 22-Jul 22-Aug 22-Sep 22-Oct 22-Nov 22-Dec 22-Jan 22-Feb
PUP Live Register
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COST OF COVID-19 RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT IN TERMS OF DIRECT TAX AND
WELFARE
Source: SWITCH v3.1 2021 direct tax and welfare policies applied to 2017 Survey of Income and Living Conditions data, uprated to 2021 income levels.
Notes: *Assumes 50 per cent of jobs supported by the EWSS would have been lost in the absence of this policy. **Assumes employers who avail of the EWSS pay employees their pre-
pandemic wage. SIC stands for social insurance contributions.
Cost per month for 100k displaced workers (€ million)
COVID – no policy response* COVID – with policy response**
Change in earnings -215 -155
(a) Change in tax/SIC revenue -72 -54
(b) Change in welfare expenditure 72 69
Pandemic Unemployment Payment 0 61
(c) Employment Wage subsidy scheme 0 70
Net Exchequer impact (a-b-c) -144 -193
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Public Finances
• GGB 2020: -€19.7bn GGB 2021: -€18.5bn GGB 2022: -€7.8bn
• (% of GDP) 2020: -5.4% (% of GDP) 2021: -4.7% (% of GDP) 2022: -1.9%
• Debt to GDP 2020: 61.0% Debt to GDP 2020: 61.3% Debt to GDP 2020: 59.4%
• Overall taxation receipts declined by around 3.6%
• Income Tax (-1%) - disproportionate impact of the economic shock on the lower paid
• VAT (-17.8%)
• Corporation taxes (+8.7%)
• Most tax headings forecast to register positive growth in 2021
• Income Tax (4%)
• Excise (15%)
• Vat (25%)
• Corporation tax is the exception – (0%) – Windfall nature of returns in recent years
• Expenditure to remain elevated through 2021
• Social supports (assumed to remain in place throughout the year)
• Health Expenditure
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Box B: AN ALTERNATIVE MEASURE OF DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
• The pandemic has resulted in an increase in the Irish government deficit
which in turn increases the stock of Irish government debt.
• Debt/GDP ratio used a standard gauge for the sustainability of debt levels.
It also appears in fiscal rules of EU Stability and Growth Pact.
• Relevance of the debt/GDP ratio has been called into question due
to persistent low interest rates in the Euro Area over the last
decade.
• Alternative metric is real interest payments to GDP ratio. Furman and
Summers (2020)
• Advantage: It explicitly takes into account debt service payments
and so measures the affordability of debt to the state in any given
period.
• Pre-2019 both debt/GDP and real interest payments/GDP moved in a
similar manner. In 2020 they diverge - declining real interest rates on Irish
debt.
• Based on real interest payments/GDP there is further room for the Irish
government to continue to its expansionary fiscal policy
• This is conditional on low interest rates being maintained going
forward.
REAL INTEREST PAYMENTS AND DEBT TO GDP
NOMINAL AND REAL INTEREST RATE
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Nominal Interest Rate (%) Real Interest Rate (%)
0
1
2
3
4
5
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Debt/GDP (%, LHS) Real interest payments/GDP (%, RHS)
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Assessment
• Strong performance of the export sector and a drop in imports resulted in +3.4% growth in real GDP in
2020.
• Despite longer than anticipated lockdown in 2021, growth of 4.4% is still expected for this year. Growth
of 5.2% expected in 2022.
• Rollout of the vaccine will see an increase in consumption, investment and imports in 2021.
• Unemployment higher than expected in Q1 2021 (approx. 25%) but forecast to decline to just over 10%
in Q4 2021.
• Housing completions in 2021 forecast to be 15,000 units - lower than previously forecast.
• Notable feature of the Covid-19 crisis has been a marked reduction in corporate insolvencies
internationally (IMF). This has been the case in Ireland also. Company insolvencies may become an
issue as supports are wound back.
• EU Commission is set to review the European fiscal framework.
• While ensuring a return to fiscal discipline amongst member states in the medium-term,
• Enable Governments to invest in key physical and social infrastructure over the same period.
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Housing – Completions
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Completions Forecasts
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Residential Commencements
-80%
-60%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
Residential Units Commenced (LHS) y-o-y growth rate (RHS)
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Box A: ECONOMIC GROWTH BETWEEN 2013 AND 2019
• Prepared by J. Fitzgerald.
• The globalisation of the Irish economy means traditional national accounting data no longer provide all the information
that policymakers need.
• Institutional Sector Accounts for Ireland were updated and this Box updates an earlier paper outlining a new
variable for measuring Irish economic activity to take account of the latest data.
• Using the updated data, this new measure suggests the Irish economy grew on average by 5 per cent between
2013 and 2019 (average GDP rate for the period was 8.6 per cent).
Average
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2013-2019
NNP adjusted for redomiciled PLCs 7.9 3.5 5.6 2.2 7.2 3.9 5.0

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Quarterly Economic Commentary Spring 2021

  • 1. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Quarterly Economic Commentary – Spring 2021 DATE March 24th 2021 AUTHORs Kieran McQuinn, Conor, O’Toole, Ilias Kostarakos and Cathal Coffey.
  • 2. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Overview • Despite the pandemic the Irish economy still grew by 3.4% compared to 2019 in real terms. This was linked to an increase in exports and a fall in imports. • Contrasting impact of pandemic on traded and domestic sectors evident • Strong growth in exports (+6.2% ) • Consumption and investment fall significantly - (-9%) & (-32.3%) respectively. • Administrative restrictions having a significant impact on the labour market • Pandemic adjusted unemployment rate 24.8 % in February 2021. • Real GDP forecast to grow by 4.4% in 2021 and 5.2% in 2022
  • 3. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Summary 2020 2021 2022 Output (Real Annual Growth %) Private Consumer Expenditure -9.0 6.7 10.0 Public Net Current Expenditure 9.8 5.0 3.0 Investment -32.3 5.8 6.8 Exports 6.2 7.0 7.0 Imports -11.3 9.3 9.0 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 3.4 4.4 5.2 Gross National Product (GNP) 0.6 3.6 4.9 Labour Market Employment Levels (‘000) 1,976 2,033 2,303 Unemployment Levels (‘000) 450 407 181 Unemployment Rate (as % of Labour Force) 18.7 16.7 7.3 Public Finances General Government Balance (€bn) -19.7 -18.5 -7.8 General Government Balance (% of GDP) -5.4 -4.7 -1.9
  • 4. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Decomposition of GDP growth Source: CSO data and ESRI forecasts. -40.0 -30.0 -20.0 -10.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Imports of Goods and Services (M) Physical Changes in Stocks Exports of Goods and Services Gross Fixed Capital Formation Public Net Current Expenditure Private Consumer Expenditure GDP
  • 5. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Consumption • 2020: -9.0% 2021: 6.7% 2022: 10.0% • Consumption expenditure fell by 9.0% in 2020 compared to 2019 • Mid-range performance relative to other European countries (graph) • Level 5 restrictions in November and early 2021 have led to decline in retail sales. But these declines are not as large as those seen in April 2020. • Consumption forecast is revised down due to longer than anticipated restrictions but Consumption still expected to rebound. • Rollout of Vaccines • Spending of Savings • Higher level in Ireland compared to other countries. YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN CONSUMPTION FOR SELECTED EUROPEAN ECONOMIES Source: ESRI Analysis of Eurostat data. Series: Final consumption expenditure of households, chain linked volumes (2015). . -16% -14% -12% -10% -8% -6% -4% -2% 0% Cyprus Greece Slovenia Italy Portugal Latvia Croatia Austria Luxembourg Belgium Ireland Czechia Netherlands Hungary Germany Finland Estonia Denmark France Sweden Poland Slovakia Lithuania
  • 6. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie EVOLUTION OF THE GROSS SAVINGS RATIO IN SELECTED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Source: Eurostat data on gross savings ratio. Countries included in comparison are: Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, UK. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Interquartile Range (P25-P75) Min Max EU-27 Ireland
  • 7. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Investment • 2020: -32.3% 2021: 5.8% 2022: 6.8% • GDFCF declined by 32.3% in 2020. • Driven by yearly drops in Machinery and Equipment (-25.2%) and Building and Construction activity (-9.1%). • Modified GDFCF decreased by 3.4% y-on-y in Q4 (graph). • 15,000 housing completions forecast for 2021 • 16,000 completions forecast for 2022 • Marked reduction in corporate insolvencies internationally (IMF). This dynamic found in Ireland also. May be solvency issues for some businesses as supports are rolled back. MODIFIED GROSS DOMESTIC FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION Source: Central Statistics Office -30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 SA Volume (€000,000) Y-on-Y Growth Rate (%,RHS)
  • 8. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Trade Trade • Performance of Irish GDP linked to performance of Exports and Imports. • Irish net exports were €108.96bn in 2020 an increase of €73.4 bn compared to 2019 (CSO). Exports • 2020: 6.2% 2021: 7.0% 2022: 7.0% • Largest components of goods and services performed very strongly Q4 2020 • Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (+27.4% y-on-y) • Computer services (+19.8% y-on-y) • Growth expected in 2021 as Ireland’s main trading partners recover Imports • 2020: -11.3% 2021: 9.3% 2022: 9.0% • Related to decline in imports of IPP compared to 2019 (CSO). • Imports of materials for production up by 6.3 % in 2020 compared to 2019 – linked to performance of exports with these goods being used in the production process
  • 9. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Exports by Component/Commodity Group Source: Central Statistics Office SERVICE EXPORTS BY COMPONENT (VALUE, €000,000) MERCHANDISE EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP (VALUE, €000,000) 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 Insurance Royalties/licences Financial services All business services Computer services 2020Q4 2020Q3 2019Q4 0 4000 8000 12000 16000 Total food and live animals Miscellaneous manufactured goods Machinery and transport equipment Organic chemicals Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 2020Q4 2020Q3 2019Q4
  • 10. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie 10 25 March 2021 Trade with the UK – January 2021 • At 11pm on 31 December 2020 the transition period ended and the UK now trades with EU on terms agreed in the trade deal signed on 30 December 2020. However, not all aspects of the trade deal are fully in force at present. • Data from January 2021 suggest that UK goods exports to the EU fell by 40.7 per cent while UK goods imports from the EU fell by 28.8 per cent • Reduction in UK goods imports from the EU in January 2021 was driven by fall in importation of goods such as cars and medical and pharmaceutical products (ONS, 2021). • Value of goods Imports into Ireland from Great Britain(UK excluding NI) decreased by €906m (-65%) to €497m in January 2021 compared with January 2020. • Imports from Great Britain accounted for 9% of total imports. • Compared with Jan 2020 imports of Food and live animals fell by €187m (-75%) to €62m, and imports of Mineral fuels decreased by €139m (-71%). • (CSO 2021) • Value of goods Exports to Great Britain decreased by €149m (-14%) in January 2021 to €946m when compared with January 2020. • Exports to Great Britain were 7% of total exports. • Compared to Jan 2020 exports of Food and live animals fell by €92 million (-33%), Machinery and transport equipment decreased by €106 million (-51%). • Exports of Chemicals and related products increased by €157 (+56%) to €437 million. • (CSO 2021)
  • 11. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Labour Market Unemployment • 2020: 18.7% 2021: 16.7% 2022: 7.3% • Pandemic adjusted unemployment rate increased to 24.8% in Feb. 2021 • Down from over 30% in April 2020 • Approx. 468,850 people claimed PUP in first week of March 2021 • Employers received EWSS payments for approximately 309,500 qualifying employees in February 2021 • Schemes played an important role in helping individuals retain/regain employment • Approx. 260,900 individuals moved from the TWSS to non-TWSS employment • Wage subsidies and PUP have helped to uphold incomes during the pandemic. • Median weekly earnings fall by 15 per cent in the year to Q2 2020 if supports are excluded. • Drop of only 6.5 per cent if COVID-19 income supports are taken into account. (CSO) • Despite positive GDP growth forecast for 2021 unemployment will remain elevated • Due to restrictions Q1 unemployment looks set to average around 25%. • Forecast to decline to approx. 10% by end of 2021.
  • 12. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Unemployment rate (%) 2020M02 4.9 2020M04 30.5 2020M09 15.7 2021M02 24.8 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2016M01 2016M09 2017M05 2018M01 2018M09 2019M05 2020M01 2020M09 Source: Central Statistics Office
  • 13. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE PUP AND LIVE REGISTER BY WEEK Source: Central Statistics Office and Dept of Social Protection 03-May 605,528 20-Sep 210,112 22-Nov 352,784 20-Dec 277,518 31-Jan 481,163 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 22-Mar 22-Apr 22-May 22-Jun 22-Jul 22-Aug 22-Sep 22-Oct 22-Nov 22-Dec 22-Jan 22-Feb PUP Live Register
  • 14. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications 25 March 2021 14 COST OF COVID-19 RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT IN TERMS OF DIRECT TAX AND WELFARE Source: SWITCH v3.1 2021 direct tax and welfare policies applied to 2017 Survey of Income and Living Conditions data, uprated to 2021 income levels. Notes: *Assumes 50 per cent of jobs supported by the EWSS would have been lost in the absence of this policy. **Assumes employers who avail of the EWSS pay employees their pre- pandemic wage. SIC stands for social insurance contributions. Cost per month for 100k displaced workers (€ million) COVID – no policy response* COVID – with policy response** Change in earnings -215 -155 (a) Change in tax/SIC revenue -72 -54 (b) Change in welfare expenditure 72 69 Pandemic Unemployment Payment 0 61 (c) Employment Wage subsidy scheme 0 70 Net Exchequer impact (a-b-c) -144 -193
  • 15. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Public Finances • GGB 2020: -€19.7bn GGB 2021: -€18.5bn GGB 2022: -€7.8bn • (% of GDP) 2020: -5.4% (% of GDP) 2021: -4.7% (% of GDP) 2022: -1.9% • Debt to GDP 2020: 61.0% Debt to GDP 2020: 61.3% Debt to GDP 2020: 59.4% • Overall taxation receipts declined by around 3.6% • Income Tax (-1%) - disproportionate impact of the economic shock on the lower paid • VAT (-17.8%) • Corporation taxes (+8.7%) • Most tax headings forecast to register positive growth in 2021 • Income Tax (4%) • Excise (15%) • Vat (25%) • Corporation tax is the exception – (0%) – Windfall nature of returns in recent years • Expenditure to remain elevated through 2021 • Social supports (assumed to remain in place throughout the year) • Health Expenditure
  • 16. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Box B: AN ALTERNATIVE MEASURE OF DEBT SUSTAINABILITY • The pandemic has resulted in an increase in the Irish government deficit which in turn increases the stock of Irish government debt. • Debt/GDP ratio used a standard gauge for the sustainability of debt levels. It also appears in fiscal rules of EU Stability and Growth Pact. • Relevance of the debt/GDP ratio has been called into question due to persistent low interest rates in the Euro Area over the last decade. • Alternative metric is real interest payments to GDP ratio. Furman and Summers (2020) • Advantage: It explicitly takes into account debt service payments and so measures the affordability of debt to the state in any given period. • Pre-2019 both debt/GDP and real interest payments/GDP moved in a similar manner. In 2020 they diverge - declining real interest rates on Irish debt. • Based on real interest payments/GDP there is further room for the Irish government to continue to its expansionary fiscal policy • This is conditional on low interest rates being maintained going forward. REAL INTEREST PAYMENTS AND DEBT TO GDP NOMINAL AND REAL INTEREST RATE 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019 Nominal Interest Rate (%) Real Interest Rate (%) 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Debt/GDP (%, LHS) Real interest payments/GDP (%, RHS)
  • 17. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Assessment • Strong performance of the export sector and a drop in imports resulted in +3.4% growth in real GDP in 2020. • Despite longer than anticipated lockdown in 2021, growth of 4.4% is still expected for this year. Growth of 5.2% expected in 2022. • Rollout of the vaccine will see an increase in consumption, investment and imports in 2021. • Unemployment higher than expected in Q1 2021 (approx. 25%) but forecast to decline to just over 10% in Q4 2021. • Housing completions in 2021 forecast to be 15,000 units - lower than previously forecast. • Notable feature of the Covid-19 crisis has been a marked reduction in corporate insolvencies internationally (IMF). This has been the case in Ireland also. Company insolvencies may become an issue as supports are wound back. • EU Commission is set to review the European fiscal framework. • While ensuring a return to fiscal discipline amongst member states in the medium-term, • Enable Governments to invest in key physical and social infrastructure over the same period.
  • 18. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie 18 25 March 2021 Thank You
  • 19. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Housing – Completions 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Completions Forecasts
  • 20. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Residential Commencements -80% -60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 Residential Units Commenced (LHS) y-o-y growth rate (RHS)
  • 21. www.esri.ie @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications @ESRIDublin #ESRIevents #ESRIpublications www.esri.ie Box A: ECONOMIC GROWTH BETWEEN 2013 AND 2019 • Prepared by J. Fitzgerald. • The globalisation of the Irish economy means traditional national accounting data no longer provide all the information that policymakers need. • Institutional Sector Accounts for Ireland were updated and this Box updates an earlier paper outlining a new variable for measuring Irish economic activity to take account of the latest data. • Using the updated data, this new measure suggests the Irish economy grew on average by 5 per cent between 2013 and 2019 (average GDP rate for the period was 8.6 per cent). Average 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2013-2019 NNP adjusted for redomiciled PLCs 7.9 3.5 5.6 2.2 7.2 3.9 5.0