Weekly Market Brief 26-30 May: Irish jobs boom continues for now

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AIB Customer Treasury Services

23 May 2025

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The recent exceptional growth in the Irish labour market continued in the first quarter of 2025
At a sectorial level the overturn was broadly positive
Unemployment remains low ticking down to a 4% rate in Q1 2025 from 4.3% in Q4 204
While the LFS data remain positive there have been signs of cooling in other jobs data of late
Turning to the week ahead with the main highlights will be the US core-PCE inflation for April
Elsewhere in a holiday shortened week in the US personal income and consumption data are due